1695 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s |
Years: | 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 |
Events from the year 1695 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- Winter - Seven years of bad harvests result in the beginning of the Great Famine, and 1695 being known as the Black Year.[1]
Births
- - Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salon hostess (died 1745)
- June 24 - Martin van Meytens, painter (died 1770)
- 17 August - Gustaf Lundberg, rococo pastelist and portrait painter (died 1786)
- 5 September - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Count and politician (died 1770)
Deaths
- - Armegot Printz, colonial noblewoman (born 1625)
References
- ↑ Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399
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