1576 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1576 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – John III

Events

• Foundation of the controversial Catholic academy Collegium Regium Stockholmense under Laurentius Nicolai in Stockholm, which provokes the Protestants.^[1]
• The 1576 Plot is exposed.

Births

• - Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby, soldier and politician (died 1622)

Notes and References

1. Isak Collijn, "'Bibliotheca Collegii Societatis Jesu in Suetia'. Några bidrag till kännedom om jesuiternas boksamling på Gråmunkeholmen", Nordisk tidskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen 1, 1914, p. 151-167.