| |||||
| Decades: |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | |||||
Bengt horn
The memorial stone of the Torsåker witch trials from 1675.
Events from the year 1675 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- War between Sweden and the Netherlands.
- The King is engaged to Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
- June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin
- War between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire.
- Scanian War
- Coronation of the King.
- The King retracts the Court leet of the nobility.
- Law on the right to draft Romani males to military service.
- June - 71 people are executed in the Torsåker witch trials, the biggest witch trial in the history of the country.[1]
Births
- January 27 - Erik Benzelius the younger, librarian, theologian, and bishop. Died 1743.
- Born sometime around 1675 - Ingeborg Jonsdotter, married Olaus Persson and had 1 child, Per Olofsson. She died April 2, 1769.[2]
Deaths
- Margareta Beijer, managing director of the Swedish Post Office, Postverket from 1669 until 1673 (born 1625)
- Gertrud Svensdotter, notorious witch witness (born 1656)
- Brita Rosladin (born 1626)
References
- ↑ Alf Åberg, Häxorna. De stora trolldomsprocesserna i Sverige 1668–1676, Esselte studium. (1989)
- ↑ "INGEBORG JONSDOTTER 1675-1769 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.