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Frederick I of Sweden

king of Sweden (1676-1751)

13 dated entries naming Frederick I of Sweden, drawn from 9 separate years between 1676 CE and 1751 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

  • 1676April 23 – King Frederick I of Sweden (died 1751)source

18th century

  • 171524 March - The wedding between Princess Ulrika Eleonora and Frederick of Hesse.source
  • 1718December 1 – The brother-in-law of Charles XII and spouse of Princess Ulrika Eleonora, Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, discontinue the siege of Fredrikshald.source
  • 1718December 2 – Georg Heinrich von Görtz is arrested by Frederick of Hesse for supporting Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, the rival of Ulrika Eleonora to the throne.source
  • 1719August 13 – In the Battle of Stäket, Crown Prince Frederick I of Sweden leads the successful defense of Stockholm from Russian Admiral Fyodor Apraksin's Baltic Fleet during the Russian Pillage.source
  • 1720February 29 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns to let her husband Frederick I take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to William III and Mary II in Britain, but as the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead.source
  • 1720March 11 (February 29 Old Style) – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns, to let her husband Frederick I take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to William III and Mary II in Britain, but as the Riksdag of the Estates (Sweden's parliament) refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead.source
  • 1720May 3 – The coronation of King Frederick I of Sweden takes place in Stockholm, six weeks after his rule began.source
  • 1725Young sailor Erik Persson Ångerman is abducted and enslaved by corsairs in Algiers on May 10th. His wife appeals to King Frederick I to gather money to buy his freedom. The king grants her request.source
  • 1743July 3 – As a concession to Russia, Sweden's parliament ratifies the election of Adolphus Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, a great-grandson of King Charles XI, to be heir to the throne of Sweden. Adolphus becomes king on the death of King Frederick on April 5, 1751, marking the end of the Hesse-Kassel dynasty and the start of the dynasty of the Holstein-Gottorp that will rule Sweden from 1751 to 1818source
  • 1744February 11 – Hedvig Taube, mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden (born 1714)source
  • 1751March 25 – King Frederick I of Sweden (born 1676)source
  • 1751April 5 – Sweden's King Frederick I dies at the age of 74 (March 25 on the Julian calendar, which remains in effect in Sweden and Finland until 1753), after a reign of 31 years, bringing an end to the rule of Sweden by the House of Hesse because he has no legitimate heirs. Prince Adolf Frederick of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, who had been elected as the crown prince in 1743, becomes the new King.source

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