1639 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s |
Years: | 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 |
Events from the year 1639 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 14 April - Battle of Chemnitz took place near the town of Chemnitz, in what is now eastern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. Swedish forces under Johan Banér inflicted a crushing defeat on Rodolfo Giovanni Marazzino who commanded the Saxons and an Imperial detachment.[1][2]
- - Hjälmare kanal taken in to use.
- - Case of Anna von Hintzen, a noble who flees Sweden to escape arrest of the murder of her servant
Births
- 5 January - Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, military officer (died 1688)
- - Märta Berendes, courtier and diary writer (died 1717)
Deaths
References
- ↑ Wilson, Peter Hamish (2009). The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 614. ISBN 9780674036345. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ↑ Wedgewood 1938, p. .
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