1695 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1695 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles XI
Events
- Winter - Seven years of bad harvests result in the beginning of the Great Famine, and 1695 being known as the Black Year.[1]
- The king dissolves the tapestry school Tapetskolan vid Karlberg.
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)
