Gustav III, King of Sweden, promotes Enlightenment until assassinated

Category
Government
Place
Sweden
Date
1792
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Gustav III (1771–1792)
Usually called the Theatre King, Gustav III was a keen patron of the arts, and founded the first opera in Stockholm in 1782, the Swedish Academy and the Royal Academy of Music. His reign was not popular with the high nobility, however, and opposition culminated in a conspiracy in 1792, when he was shot at a masked ball held at the opera. He died shortly after."
[https://sweden.se/society/history-of-sweden/]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
After Northern War to Napoleon
1721
1818
Swedish