1716 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1716 in Sweden
Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles XII
Events
- February â Charles XII gives Georg Heinrich von Görtz the responsibility of internal affairs.
- 8 April â Swedish Wismar is taken.
- 6 September â Charles XII makes Lund his base.
- - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.
Births
- 30 January â Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, architect (died 1796)
- â Pehr Kalm, botanist, naturalist (died 1779)
- â Karl Gustaf Ekeberg, explorer (died 1784)
- â Anna Margareta Salmelin, war heroine (died 1789)
- â Helena Malheim, midwife (died 1795)[1]
Deaths
- â Carl Piper, politician (born 1647)
