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Erik XIV

Swedish king (1533-1577)

9 dated entries naming Erik XIV, drawn from 9 separate years between 1533 CE and 1577 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.

Also written as Eric XIV, Eric XIV of Sweden, Erik XIV of Sweden in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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16th century

  • 1533December 13 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)source
  • 1560September 29 – Eric XIV becomes King of Sweden, upon the death of his father, Gustav Vasa.source
  • 1561June 29 – Erik XIV is crowned King of Sweden.source
  • 1563November 9 – The Army of Sweden, under the command of King Eric XIV, suffers a severe defeat in the Battle of Mared against the Army of Denmark, commanded by King Frederik II. In the battle, near what is now the city of Oskarström in Sweden, the Swedes suffer at least 2,500 casualties. The Swedish Army is able to retreat and rebuild, but the Danes plunder the village of Övraby, which is never rebuilt.source
  • 1564August 28 – King Eric XIV of Sweden, who has been commanding the Swedish Army himself since the start of the Northern Seven Years' War, turns over the responsibility to Nils Boije, who captures Varberg from Denmark.source
  • 1567May 24 – Sture Murders: The mentally unstable King Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated nobles at Uppsala Castle.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
  • 15691569 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.source
  • 1577February 26 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)source

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