1596 in Sweden

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Centuries:	15th century  ·  16th century  ·  17th century
Decades:	1560s   1570s   1580s   1590s   1600s   1610s   1620s
Years:	1593   1594   1595   1596   1597   1598   1599

A memorial plaque dedicated to the fallen peasants

A Cudgel War memorial

Events from the year 1596 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Sigismund

Events

• - An embassy from Poland arrive to support the personal union between Sweden and Poland.
• 25 November - A peasant uprising in the province of Finland results in the Cudgel War. ^[1]
• - Archbishop Abraham Angermannus organizes a religious inspection tour through the provinces to eradicate all remains of Catholicism, Paganism and other non-Lutheran practices.
• - Sweden is afflicted with bad harvests and subsequent hunger.

Births

• 1 January - Elizabeth Ribbing, morganatic consort of prince Carl Philip (died 1662)
• - Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, princess (died 1618)
• - Andreas Virginius, nobleman from Pomerania invited by King Gustavus Adolphus in 1631 ^[2]
• - Johan Banér, Field Marshal and soldier in the Thirty Years War (died 1641)
• - Ebba Brahe, love interest of King Gustavus Adolphus (died 1674)

Deaths

• - Karin Hansdotter, royal lover (born 1539)
• 13 February - Charles II, the tenth overall and fourth York monarch

References

1. Krohn, J. Kertomuksia Suomen Historiasta, Kansallisseura, Helsinki 1914
2. "Andreas Virginius (1596–1664)" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-10-22.