1647 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1647 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christina

Events

• March 14  - Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm.^[1]
• March 25  - In an incident that attracted attention, an orphan,, leads sixteen orphans from the Allmänna Barnhuset up to the royal palace, where she successfully demands to be given an audience with queen Christina and states in a complaint, that the children in the orphanage had been forced to beg on the streets to be given anything to eat.^[2]

Births

• April 18 - Elias Brenner, painter, numismatist, and archeologist (died 1717).^[3]
• July 29 - Carl Piper, politician (died 1716).

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Vicomte de Turenne . 2024-06-27 . Warfare History Network . en-US.
2. Byggnadskollegiets protokoll 27 mars 1647 (handskrift), Stockholms stadsarkiv
3. Web site: Elias Brenner - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon . 2024-06-27 . sok.riksarkivet.se.