John III of Sweden
Swedish king (1537-1592)
8 dated entries naming John III of Sweden, drawn from 8 separate years between 1526 CE and 1592 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
- 1526November 1 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (d. 1583)source
- 1556Future King Prince John, younger son of King Gustav I of Sweden becomes Duke of Finland.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
- 1574September – A plot to assassinate John III of Sweden is discovered, headed by Charles de Mornay and implicating Charles Dancay, Hogenskild Bielke, Gustaf Banér, Pontus De la Gardie, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Duke Charles.source
- 1583September 16 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (b. 1526)source
- 1585February 21 – King Johan III of Sweden, widowed since 1583, marries Gunilla Bielke in a ceremony at Västerås, which the King's siblings refuse to attend. The coronation of Queen consort Gunilla takes place the next day. Over the next seven years, she works on changing the Catholic government's attitude towards Protestants.source
- 1592November 17 – Sigismund III Vasa becomes the new King of Sweden upon the death of his father, King John III.source