1655 in Sweden

Events from the year 1655 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles X Gustav

Events

• The King summon the 1655 Riksdag and introduces a Reduction (Sweden) of a quarter of all lands granted to the nobility from the crown since 1632.
• Deluge (history)
• 23 August - Battle of Sobota
• 16 September - Battle of Å»arnów
• September 20 – September 30 - Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
• 3 October - Battle of Wojnicz

Births

• January - Cornelius Anckarstjerna, admiral (died 1714)
• Charles XI of Sweden, monarch (died 1697)
• David von Krafft, painter (died 1724)

Deaths

• 28 March - Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, queen dowager (born 1595)
• Anna Ovena Hoyer, writer (born 1584)
• Christian Thum, actor and theater director (birth year unknown)

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