1595 in Sweden

Incumbents

Events

  • 8 May - The Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) is terminated by the Treaty of Teusina with a victory and territorial gain for Sweden.[1]
  • - The Riksdag of Söderköping elects Duke Charles Regent (though not monarch) and bans the Catholic mass.
  • - The last remaining Catholic convent in Sweden, the Vadstena Abbey, is dissolved and the nuns leave for Poland.
  • - The Uppsala University, revived two years prior, is granted is official letter of privilege.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Perrie, Maureen (2002). Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia. The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-521-89101-9.


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