1695 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1695 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XI

Events

• • Winter - Seven years of bad harvests result in the beginning of the Great Famine, and 1695 being known as the Black Year.^[1]
• The king dissolves the tapestry school Tapetskolan vid Karlberg.

Births

• - Hedvig Catharina Lillie, politically active salon hostess (died 1745)
• June 24 - Martin van Meytens, painter (died 1770)
• 17 August - Gustaf Lundberg, rococo pastelist and portrait painter (died 1786)
• 5 September - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Count and politician (died 1770)

Deaths

• • • • - Armegot Printz, colonial noblewoman (born 1625)

Notes and References

1. Topelius, Zacharias (1899). ”Stora hungersnöden”. Fältskärns berättelser. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag. P. 388-399