1759 in Sweden
Appearance
Years in Sweden: | 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 |
Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s |
Years: | 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 |
Events from the year 1759 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 10 September - Battle of Frisches Haff
- 19 July - The Great Stockholm Fire 1759 reduced about 20 blocks with about 300 houses to ash, and rendered about 2000 persons homeless.[1]
- - The Royal Swedish Society of Sciences and Letters is founded.
- - Vinterkväde by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg
Births
- 2 March - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer (died 1833)
- 23 March - Anders Ljungstedt, historian (died 1835)
- 18 April – Thomas Thorild, poet, critic and philosopher (died 1808)
- 16 August – Carl Fredric von Breda, painter (died 1818)
- – Anna Sophia Holmstedt, ballerina (died 1807)
- - Charlotte Eckerman, opera singer and courtesan (died 1790)
- Johan Anton Lindqvist, theatre director (died 1833)
Deaths
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- 20 June – Margareta Capsia, painter (born 1682)
References
- ^ Lars Bergquist: Swedenborgs Hemlighet, Stockholm 1999. ISBN 91-27-06981-8 (in Swedish).