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Events - Browse By Place - Sweden
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Sweden celebrates the election of King Gustav Vasa in 1523
1523
Government, Sweden
Kristina of Sweden becomes a Catholic, abdicates, and moves to Rome
1654
Government, Sweden
Charles XII dies in battle at age 36 at Poltava ending the Swedish Empire
1718
Government, Sweden
Carolus Linnaeus systematically classifies minerals, plants, and animals
1735
Science, Sweden
Gustav III, King of Sweden, promotes Enlightenment until assassinated
1792
Government, Sweden
Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1867
Invention, Sweden
Alfred Nobel dies and leaves vast fortune to encourage peace and progress
1896
Peace, Sweden
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is killed by unknown assassin
1986
Government, Sweden