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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (1626–1689)

21 dated entries naming Christina, Queen of Sweden, drawn from 17 separate years between 1621 CE and 1689 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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17th century

  • 1621December 8th - Queen Christina of Sweden on (died 1689)source
  • 162619 April – Christina, Queen of Sweden, monarch (died 1689)source
  • 1626December 8 – Queen Christina of Sweden (died 1689)source
  • 1632Following the death of Gustaf II Adolf, king of Sweden, he is succeeded by his 6-year-old daughter Christina while five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern the country since she is underage.source
  • 1632November 16 (November 6 Old Style) – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lützen in Saxony – Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus leads an assault on Wallenstein's army, but is killed early in the battle, despite which the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein, who withdraws from Saxony. Following the death of Gustavus Adolphus, he is succeeded as ruler of Sweden by his six-year-old daughter Christina, while five regents (headed by Axel Oxenstierna) govern the country. On November 17, Gottfried zu Pappenheim, Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, dies from wounds sustained in the battle.source
  • 1636Queen Christina expulse all non-taxpaying Finns (Forest Finns) from Värmland and Dalsland. Most moved across the Norwegian border into Solør, establishing a colony there.source
  • 1638March 5 – Thirty Years' War: The Treaty of Hamburg is signed between France and Sweden by Cardinal Richelieu of France and representatives of Queen Christina of Sweden.source
  • 1641The town of Falun, Sweden is given city rights by Queen Kristina.source
  • 1642The village of Bro (Broo), Sweden is granted city rights for the second time and takes the name Kristinehamn (literally "Christina's port") after the Swedish monarch at this time, Queen Christina.source
  • 1644December 8 (December 18 New Style) – As Christina comes of age, she is made ruling queen of Sweden.source
  • 1649The town of Kristinestad, named after Queen Christina of Sweden, is founded in Ostrobothnia by Count Per Brahe the Younger.source
  • 1649March 15 – The city of Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand) is founded by Queen Christina of Sweden.source
  • 1650October 20 – Christina, Queen of Sweden, who has been the legal ruler of Sweden for almost 18 years, has an elaborate coronation ceremony at the castle of Jacobsdal near Stockholm. The coronation had originally been planned for her 18th birthday in 1644 but was delayed by a war with Denmark-Norway.source
  • 1653February – The Morning Star Rebellion (Morgonstjärneupproret) of peasants breaks out in Sweden's province of Närke, against Queen Christina. It is brutally suppressed by April, and its leader, the self-proclaimed King Olof Mårtensson (who uses a morning star as his scepter) is executed on a breaking wheel on April 6.source
  • 16546 June - Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism.source
  • 1654June 16 (June 6 Old Style) – Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism.source
  • 1657November 10 – Christina, former Queen regnant of Sweden, has Gian Rinaldo Monaldeschi killed in her presence, at the Palace of Fontainebleau.source
  • 1660Former Queen Christina visits Sweden and unsuccessfully claims the throne.source
  • 1666Second return to Sweden of Christina, Queen of Sweden.source
  • 1686August 15 – Christina, who had ruled as the monarch of Sweden until her abdication in 1654 in favor of her cousin Charles, responds to the revocation in France of the Edict of Nantz and declares that Jews within Sweden will be under her protection.source
  • 1689April 19 – Christina, Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654 (born 1626)source

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