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Charles IX of Sweden

King of Sweden in 1604–1611

24 dated entries naming Charles IX of Sweden, drawn from 16 separate years between 1550 CE and 1637 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1550October 4 – King Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611)source
  • 15504 October - Charles IX of Sweden, king (1604–1611) of Sweden (died 1611). Otherwise known as "King Karl Vasa IX of Sweden".source
  • 1568September 29 – The Swedish king Eric XIV is deposed by his half-brothers John and Charles. John proclaims himself king John III the next day.source
  • 1582January 17 - Kristinehamn is made a city when Duke Charles (future king Charles IX) issues a royal charter granting town privileges to the city then known as Broo.source
  • 1584Duke Charles retracts the charter and town privileges granted to Bro (what is today Kristinehamn) two years earlier.source
  • 1584March 5 – The city of Karlstad, Sweden gaines city status by Duke Charles.source
  • 15856 July - Elisabeth Sabina, child of Charles IX of Sweden (born 13 March 1582)source
  • 1586The Örebro Kyrkomöte (Örebro Church Meeting) is held as a protest to the pro-Catholic church policy of king John. The gathering is influnced by the Riksföreståndare and future king Charles IX of Sweden. The articles adopted during the meeting served as the charter for the church within Charles' duchysource
  • 158712 June - Gustav of Sweden, child of Charles IX (died in infancy)source
  • 15928 July - The King's brother Duke Charles, is wed to Christina of Holstein-Gottorp in a ceremony attended by noted German travel writer and poet Michael Heberer, who pens a record of the events.source
  • 159217 November - John III is succeeded by his son, the Polish electoral monarch Sigismund III Vasa, which create a personal union between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Poland. This is opposed by both the Royal Council and Duke Charles, who unite against him.source
  • 1595The Riksdag of the Estates at Söderköping in Sweden elects the Lutheran Duke Charles as the country's regent, in place of Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden.source
  • 1595September–October – The Riksdag of Söderköping elects Duke Charles Regent (though not monarch) and formally bans the Catholic mass.source
  • 1598September 25 – Battle of Stångebro at Linköping in Sweden: The Catholic King Sigismund of Sweden and Poland is defeated in his attempt to resume control of Sweden by the Protestant forces of his uncle, Charles. Sigismund is deposed shortly thereafter.source
  • 1599July 24 – Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is dethroned by his uncle Duke Charles, who takes over as regent of the realm until 1604, when he becomes King Charles IX.source

17th century

  • 1604February 24 – At Linköping in Sweden, the Riksdag declares that Sigismund, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, who has been absent for five years, has effectively abdicated as King of Sweden, and recognizes Karl, Duke of Södermanland, as the new monarch.source
  • 1604March 22 – Karl IX begins his reign as King of Sweden.source
  • 1605April 8 – The city of Oulu (Uleåborg) is founded by King Charles IX of Sweden.source
  • 1606October 2 – King Charles IX of Sweden founds the city of Vaasa, in the parish of Korsholm in Coastal Ostrobothnia.source
  • 1611August 27 – The Novgorodians send a letter to Charles IX, placing themselves under his protection and asking to be ruled by one of his sons.source
  • 1611October 30 – At the age of 16, Gustav II Adolf succeeds his father Charles IX as King of Sweden.source
  • 1611October 30 – King Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)source
  • 161130 October - Charles IX of Sweden, monarch (born 1550)source
  • 1637Hans Matthiæ, personal priest to the then Duke Charles IX of Swedensource

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