1611 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1611 in Sweden

Incumbents

The Kalmar War begins.
March 2 – Kexholm is captured by Sweden.^[1]
Spring – A fortification is built at Nyen to blockade Nöteborg.
Early July – Jakob De la Gardie begins his siege on Novgorod.
July 8 – The third False Dimitrij takes Pskov.
July 12 – The Novgorod garrison makes a sortie against the Swedes, who get repulsed.
July 16 – During the night, the Swedes pretend to attack Novgorod, diverting the garrisons attention from the gate where they intend to make a breakthrough. The city itself is captured but the Novgorod Kremlin holds out.
July 17 – The Swedes capture the Novgorod Kremlin.
July 25 – A treaty is signed between the Swedes and the Novgorod garrison.
August – Evert Horn attempts to take Pskov.
August 27 – The Novgorodians send a letter to Charles IX, placing themselves under his protection and asking to be ruled by one of his sons.
September 12 – Ladoga falls, quickly followed by Tichvin and Staraja Russa.
September 13 – Thanksgiving is celebrated in Sweden for the Capture of Novgorod.
October 30 – Charles IX dies.
December 25 – Novgorod grants full power to its embassy heading to Stockholm with the objective of bringing back a Swedish prince to rule Novgorod.

Book: Löfstrand, Elisabeth . Accounts of an Occupied City: Catalogue of the Novgorod Occupation Archives 1611–1617 . Nordquist . Laila . . 2005 . 9188366677 . 1st . Stockholm . 39-40 . English.