1713 in Sweden

1713 (MDCCXIII) was a year that started on a sunday in the Gregorian calendar. Events from the year 1713 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XII

Events

• 1 February - Skirmish at Bender.
• February - Siege of Tönning
• 8–11 May - Russian attack on Helsingfors (Helsinki).
• - Russian victory at the Battle of Pälkäne.
• 2 November - Princess Ulrika Eleonora appointed regent of Sweden in her brothers absence.
• - The Great Northern War plague outbreak reach Lund, Malmö and Ystad.

Births

• 20 February - Anna Maria Elvia, writer (died 1784)
• - Anna Maria Hilfeling, miniaturist (died 1783)
• – Brita Sophia De la Gardie, amateur actress and culture personality (died 1797)
• Helena Escholin, vicar's wife (died 1783)

Deaths

• Johan Runius, swedish author (from Larvs socken in Västergötland) died 1 june in 1713
• Jean Grossaint De la Roche-yon, spy (died 1769)

References