1695 in Sweden

Events from the year 1695 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Charles XI

Events

Winter - Seven years of bad harvests result in the beginning of the Great Famine, and 1695 being known as the Black Year.Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399 The king dissolves the tapestry school Tapetskolan vid Karlberg.

Births

- Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salon hostess (died 1745) June 24 - Martin van Meytens, painter (died 1770) 17 August - Gustaf Lundberg, rococo pastelist and portrait painter (died 1786) 5 September - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Count and politician (died 1770)

Deaths

- Armegot Printz, colonial noblewoman (born 1625)

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