1600 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1600 in Sweden

Events

• 20 March - Linköping Bloodbath conducted against the Sigismund loyalists. ^[1]
• - The immigration of Walloons to Sweden begins.
• The War against Sigismund becomes the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11).

Births

• 4 March - Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, soldier (died 1663)

Deaths

January-March

• March 20 (Linköping Bloodbath)
  • Erik Sparre – the Chancellor of Sweden and a senator in the Riksens ständer
  • Ture Nilsson Bielke – a senator in the Riksens ständer
  • Gustaf Banér – a senator in the Riksens ständer and father of Gustavus Adolphus' Field Marshal Johan Banér (b. 1547)
  • Sten Banér – a senator in the Riksens ständer
  • Bengt Falck – a senator in the Riksens ständer

April-June

• May 18 - Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis, Swedish archbishop (b. 1550)
• May 19 - Gustaf Banér, privy Councillor (b. 1547)

Notes and References

1. Samuelson, Jan (1993). Aristokrat eller förädlad bonde? Det svenska frälsets ekonomi, politik och sociala förbindelser under tiden 1523–1611 (in Swedish). Lund University Press. .