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John III of Sweden

Swedish king (1537-1592)

21 dated entries naming John III of Sweden, drawn from 13 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 (died 1583)source
  • 1537December 20 – King John III of Sweden (died 1592)source
  • 153720 December - John III of Sweden, monarch (died 1592)source
  • 1556Future King Prince John, younger son of King Gustav I of Sweden becomes Duke of Finland.source
  • 1558March 8 – The city of Pori (Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.source
  • 155911 September - Duke John is sent to England to negotiate the wedding between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Erik.source
  • 15624 October - The wedding between Prince John and Catherine Jagiellon causes a conflict between the king and his brother, due to a bet on which brother would marry her, based on the belief that she was homely.source
  • 1564A map of Sweden, attributed to Ambrosius Thoms, was completed this year. It is presumed to have been created to aid in a coup-d’etat to liberate John III (half-brother of King Erik XIV, who would become the next King of Sweden in 1569) from Gripsholm Castle. John was imprisoned there in 1563 for treason, along with his new wife, on account of their marriage, because she was the younger sister of Poland's King Sigismund II Augustus, with whom King Erik XIV was at war.source
  • 1564Elizabeth, called Isabella, was born to John III and Catherine Jagiellon, during their imprisonment in Gripsholm Castle. She died at the age of two, also during their imprisonment, which lasted until 1567.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
  • 156830 September - John III is declared King.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
  • 1574September - The Mornay Plot, 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
  • 1583Jean Allard began negotiations with Henry III of France with the aim of overthrowing King John III of Sweden.source
  • 1583September 16 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (born 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
  • 159217 November - John III is succeeded by his son, the Polish electoral monarch Sigismund III Vasa, which create a personal union between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Poland. This is opposed by both the Royal Council and Duke Charles, who unite against him.source
  • 1592November 17 – Sigismund III Vasa becomes the new King of Sweden upon the death of his father, King John III.source
  • 1592November 17 – King John III of Sweden (born 1537)source
  • 159217 November - John III, monarch (born 1537)source

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