{"slug": "gustavus-adolphus", "label": "Gustavus Adolphus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52938", "qid": "Q52938", "description": "Swedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632)", "entries": 12, "years": 8, "span": [1612, 1632], "span_label": ["1612 CE", "1632 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "thirty-years-war", "label": "Thirty Years' War", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "stockholm", "label": "Stockholm", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "latvia", "label": "Latvia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bavaria", "label": "Bavaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nuremberg", "label": "Nuremberg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "veliky-novgorod", "label": "Veliky Novgorod", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tsar", "label": "Tsar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "protestant", "label": "Protestant", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pomerania", "label": "Pomerania", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1612, "year_label": "1612 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – Gustavus Adolphus replies to Metropolitan Isidor, Odoevskij and the estates of Novgorod, stating that he himself wishes to assume responsibility for the government of Novgorod and also of all Russians. A number of land grants signed the same day show that the Swedish king has assumed the title of Tsar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366306597#January–March", "title": "1612", "revid": 1366306597, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1615, "year_label": "1615 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 9", "text": "August 9 – Swedish troops led by King Gustavus Adolphus begin the siege of the Russian city of Pskov, but fail to take the fortress after 12 weeks. 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