{"slug": "gustav-vasa", "label": "Gustav Vasa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Vasa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52947", "qid": "Q52947", "description": "King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1496, 1543], "span_label": ["1496 CE", "1543 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "stockholm", "label": "Stockholm", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1496, "year_label": "1496 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – King Gustav Vasa of Sweden (d. 1560)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631969#Births", "title": "1496", "revid": 1371631969, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1516, "year_label": "1516 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav Vasa of Sweden (d. 1551)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368315851#Births", "title": "1516", "revid": 1368315851, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Swedish Army was founded by Gustav Vasa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#Date_unknown", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – At the age of 35, King Gustav I Vasa of Sweden is married for the first time, taking Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg as his bride on her 18th birthday.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#July–September", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1535, "year_label": "1535 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – While King Gustav Vasa of Sweden is out of the country, an unusual atmospheric phenomenon, the Vädersol, appears in the sky over the Swedish capital of Stockholm, and last for two hours. Because of uncertainty about whether the vädersol is a sign of God showing favor or disapproval of the Protestant reformation and of King Gustav himself, the Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop Olaus Petri commissions Urban Larsson to document the event in a painting, the Vädersolstavlan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561145#April–June", "title": "1535", "revid": 1369561145, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – King Gustav of Sweden leads troops in troops crushing Dacke's Rebellion, led by Swedish peasant Nils Dacke, with defeat coming at the Battle of Hjortensjon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#January–March", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}