1716 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1716 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles XII

Events

• February – Charles XII gives Georg Heinrich von Görtz the responsibility of internal affairs.
• 8 April – Swedish Wismar is taken.
• 6 September – Charles XII makes Lund his base.
  • • • • • - Suecia antiqua et hodierna by Erik Dahlbergh.

Births

• 30 January - Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, architect (died 1796)
• - Pehr Kalm, botanist, naturalist (died 1779)
• - Karl Gustaf Ekeberg, explorer (died 1784)
• - Anna Margareta Salmelin, war heroine (died 1789)
• - Helena Malheim, midwife (died 1795)^[1]

Deaths

• • - Carl Piper, politician (born 1647)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catharina Helena Malheim . skbl.se . 26 March 2023.