{"slug": "john-iii-of-sweden", "label": "John III of Sweden", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_III_of_Sweden", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52944", "qid": "Q52944", "description": "Swedish king (1537-1592)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1526, 1592], "span_label": ["1526 CE", "1592 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sigismund-iii-vasa", "label": "Sigismund III Vasa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gustav-i-of-sweden", "label": "Gustav I of Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-ix-of-sweden", "label": "Charles IX of Sweden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1526, "year_label": "1526 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (d. 1583)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369353275#Births", "title": "1526", "revid": 1369353275, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Future King Prince John, younger son of King Gustav I of Sweden becomes Duke of Finland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#Date_unknown", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"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": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – A plot to assassinate John III of Sweden is discovered, headed by Charles de Mornay and implicating Charles Dancay, Hogenskild Bielke, Gustaf Banér, Pontus De la Gardie, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Duke Charles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#July–September", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (b. 1526)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363312090#Deaths", "title": "1583", "revid": 1363312090, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1585, "year_label": "1585 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – King Johan III of Sweden, widowed since 1583, marries Gunilla Bielke in a ceremony at Västerås, which the King's siblings refuse to attend. The coronation of Queen consort Gunilla takes place the next day. Over the next seven years, she works on changing the Catholic government's attitude towards Protestants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365931198#January–March", "title": "1585", "revid": 1365931198, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Sigismund III Vasa becomes the new King of Sweden upon the death of his father, King John III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477183#October–December", "title": "1592", "revid": 1362477183, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}