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Gustav Vasa

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

23 dated entries naming Gustav Vasa, drawn from 18 separate years between 1496 CE and 1621 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 Gustav I of Sweden in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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15th century

  • 1496May 12 – King Gustav Vasa of Sweden (died 1560)source

16th century

  • 1513September 24 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (died 1535)source
  • 1516January 1 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav Vasa of Sweden (died 1551)source
  • 152031 May - Gustav Vasa return to Sweden at Kalmar.source
  • 1521The Swedish Army was founded by Gustav Vasa.source
  • 1523June 6 – Gustav Vasa is elected king of Sweden, establishing the full independence of Sweden from the Kalmar Union, which marks the end of the Kalmar Union. This event is also traditionally considered to be the establishment of the modern Swedish nation.source
  • 1528January 12 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.source
  • 1531September 24 – At the age of 35, King Gustav I Vasa of Sweden is married for the first time, taking Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg as his bride on her 18th birthday.source
  • 1535April 20 – While King Gustav Vasa of Sweden is out of the country, an unusual atmospheric phenomenon, the Vädersol, appears in the sky over the Swedish capital of Stockholm, and last for two hours. Because of uncertainty about whether the vädersol is a sign of God showing favor or disapproval of the Protestant reformation and of King Gustav himself, the Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop Olaus Petri commissions Urban Larsson to document the event in a painting, the Vädersolstavlan.source
  • 1535July 22 – Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (died 1621)source
  • 1535September 23 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born 1513)source
  • 1543March 20 – King Gustav of Sweden leads troops in troops crushing Dacke's Rebellion, led by Swedish peasant Nils Dacke, with defeat coming at the Battle of Hjortensjon.source
  • 1544January 13 – At Västerås, the estates of Sweden swear loyalty to King Gustav Vasa and to his heirs, ending the traditional electoral monarchy in Sweden. Gustav subsequently signs an alliance with the Kingdom of France.source
  • 1550June 12 – The city of Helsinki (now in Finland but known as Helsingfors in Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.source
  • 1551King Gustav Vasa ordered the arrest and prosecution of individuals suspected of murdering his secretary using poison and sorcery. While the trials did not fully proceed in 1551, it marked a notable moment in the history of Swedish witch trials.source
  • 1551August 26 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born 1516)source
  • 1554Princess Cecilia Vasa, (1539 – 1554), Cecilia was the daughter of Gustav Vasa.source
  • 1556Future King Prince John, younger son of King Gustav I of Sweden becomes Duke of Finland.source
  • 1560September 29 – Eric XIV becomes King of Sweden, upon the death of his father, Gustav Vasa.source
  • 1560September 29 – King Gustav I of Sweden (born 1496)source
  • 156029 September - Gustav I, monarch (born 1496). After having suffered from declining health throughout the 1550s, Gustav ultimately died on September 29, 1560, at Tre Kronor castle, Stockholm. Gustav is renowned as the founder of modern Sweden.source
  • 1581Gustav Vasa's third wife, Queen Catherine Stenbock. She was remembered for her efforts in managing the kingdom during Gustav's illnesses, and her patronage of arts and education.source

17th century

  • 1621December 13 – Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born 1535)source

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