1753 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1753 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 17 February â Sweden replace the Julian calendar with the Gregorian calendar.
- 1 May - Species Plantarum by Carl Linnaeus.
- 24 July - The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities is founded by Queen Louisa Ulrika.
- 20 September â Inauguration of the new observatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- - Carl Linnaeus names the Cannabis sativa.
- - The new Royal Palace, Stockholm, is sufficiently ready for the royal family to move in, and they leave the Wrangel Palace for their new residence.
- - The Du Londel Troupe is established in Sweden.
- - The Kina slott is created and given to the queen as the birthday present.
- - A new school regulation is instituted in the capital, in which all the basic educational schools of the capital is to include the subjects writing, reading, mathematics, history, geography, essay-writing, nature science and drawing.[1]
- - Creation of the Tankebyggarorden.
Births
- 13 June â Johan Afzelius, chemist (died 1837)
- 2 July â Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, courtier (died 1792)
- 16 September â Märta Helena Reenstierna, diarist (died 1841)
- 8 October - Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, princess (died 1829)
- - Jeanna von Lantingshausen, politically active countess (died 1809)
Deaths
- 13 July â Sten Carl Bielke, official, scientist and member of the Swedish parliament (born 1709)
- - Hedvig Mörner, politically influential countess (born 1672)
- 26 October - Margareta von Ascheberg, landowner (born 1671)
