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1712 in Sweden
Events from the year
1712 in
Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Charles XII
Events
30 February 1712
– Sweden temporarily adopts February 30 as a day to adjust the
Swedish calendar
back to the
Julian calendar
.
December 9
–
Battle of Gadebusch
: Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony.
The queen dowager's favorite
Anna Catharina von Bärfelt
is arrested and tried.
Births
31 March -
Anders Johan von Höpken
, politician (died
1789
)
July 19-
Carl Fredrik Mennander
, archbishop (died
1786
)
Peter Lindahl
, actor (died
1792
)
Sophia Schröder
, concert soprano (died
1750
)
Brita Laurelia
, publicist, book printer, and poet (died
1784
)
Deaths
unknown -
Juliana Schierberg
, royal favorite (born year unknown)
-
Christina Eleonora Drakenhielm
, Catholic convert (born
1649
)
References