{"slug": "erik-xiv", "label": "Erik XIV", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_XIV", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52945", "qid": "Q52945", "description": "Swedish king (1533-1577)", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1533, 1577], "span_label": ["1533 CE", "1577 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Eric XIV", "Eric XIV of Sweden", "Erik XIV of Sweden"], "related": [{"slug": "john-iii-of-sweden", "label": "John III of Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gustav-vasa", "label": "Gustav Vasa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-ix-of-sweden", "label": "Charles IX of Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monarchy-of-sweden", "label": "Monarchy of Sweden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359627731#Births", "title": "1533", "revid": 1359627731, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Eric XIV becomes King of Sweden, upon the death of his father, Gustav Vasa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#July–September", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Erik XIV is crowned King of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#April–June", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 9", "text": "November 9 – The Army of Sweden, under the command of King Eric XIV, suffers a severe defeat in the Battle of Mared against the Army of Denmark, commanded by King Frederik II. In the battle, near what is now the city of Oskarström in Sweden, the Swedes suffer at least 2,500 casualties. The Swedish Army is able to retreat and rebuild, but the Danes plunder the village of Övraby, which is never rebuilt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#October–December", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – King Eric XIV of Sweden, who has been commanding the Swedish Army himself since the start of the Northern Seven Years' War, turns over the responsibility to Nils Boije, who captures Varberg from Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#July–September", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Sture Murders: The mentally unstable King Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated nobles at Uppsala Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#April–June", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – The Swedish king Eric XIV is deposed by his half-brothers John and Charles. John proclaims himself king John III the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#July–September", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1569 Plot: The first of three conspiracies with the intent to depose John III of Sweden and reinstate the imprisoned Eric XIV on the Swedish throne is exposed in Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794933#Dates_unknown", "title": "1569", "revid": 1366794933, "section": "Events › Dates unknown"}}, {"year": 1577, "year_label": "1577 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361323001#Deaths", "title": "1577", "revid": 1361323001, "section": "Deaths"}}]}