{"slug": "charles-ix-of-sweden", "label": "Charles IX of Sweden", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX_of_Sweden", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52939", "qid": "Q52939", "description": "King of Sweden in 1604–1611", "entries": 24, "years": 16, "span": [1550, 1637], "span_label": ["1550 CE", "1637 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "sigismund-iii-vasa", "label": "Sigismund III Vasa", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "john-iii-of-sweden", "label": "John III of Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "monarchy-of-sweden", "label": "Monarchy of Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "riksdag-of-the-estates", "label": "Riksdag of the Estates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "riksdag", "label": "Riksdag", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gustavus-adolphus", "label": "Gustavus Adolphus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "erik-xiv", "label": "Erik XIV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oulu", "label": "Oulu", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369571608#Births", "title": "1550", "revid": 1369571608, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 4", "text": "4 October - Charles IX of Sweden, king (1604–1611) of Sweden (died 1611). Otherwise known as \"King Karl Vasa IX of Sweden\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344456277#Births", "title": "1550 in Sweden", "revid": 1344456277, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – The Swedish king Eric XIV is deposed by his half-brothers John and Charles. John proclaims himself king John III the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#July–September", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1582, "year_label": "1582 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 - Kristinehamn is made a city when Duke Charles (future king Charles IX) issues a royal charter granting town privileges to the city then known as Broo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334659034#January", "title": "1582 in Sweden", "revid": 1334659034, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1584, "year_label": "1584 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Duke Charles retracts the charter and town privileges granted to Bro (what is today Kristinehamn) two years earlier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334659051#Events", "title": "1584 in Sweden", "revid": 1334659051, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1584, "year_label": "1584 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 – The city of Karlstad, Sweden gaines city status by Duke Charles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561067#January–March", "title": "1584", "revid": 1369561067, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1585, "year_label": "1585 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 6", "text": "6 July - Elisabeth Sabina, child of Charles IX of Sweden (b. 13 March 1582)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362732688#Deaths", "title": "1585 in Sweden", "revid": 1362732688, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1586, "year_label": "1586 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Örebro Kyrkomöte (Örebro Church Meeting) is held as a protest to the pro-Catholic church policy of king John. The gathering is influnced by the Riksföreståndare and future king Charles IX of Sweden. The articles adopted during the meeting served as the charter for the church within Charles' duchy", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365183951#Events", "title": "1586 in Sweden", "revid": 1365183951, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1587, "year_label": "1587 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 12", "text": "12 June - Gustav of Sweden, child of Charles IX (died in infancy)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367230094#Births", "title": "1587 in Sweden", "revid": 1367230094, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 8", "text": "8 July - The King's brother Duke Charles, is wed to Christina of Holstein-Gottorp in a ceremony attended by noted German travel writer and poet Michael Heberer, who pens a record of the events.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371058561#Events", "title": "1592 in Sweden", "revid": 1371058561, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 17", "text": "17 November - John III is succeeded by his son, the Polish electoral monarch Sigismund III Vasa, which create a personal union between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Poland. This is opposed by both the Royal Council and Duke Charles, who unite against him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371058561#Events", "title": "1592 in Sweden", "revid": 1371058561, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Riksdag of the Estates at Söderköping in Sweden elects the Lutheran Duke Charles as the country's regent, in place of Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#Date_unknown", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September", "text": "September–October – The Riksdag of Söderköping elects Duke Charles Regent (though not monarch) and formally bans the Catholic mass.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350670393#Events", "title": "1595 in Sweden", "revid": 1350670393, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – Battle of Stångebro at Linköping in Sweden: The Catholic King Sigismund of Sweden and Poland is defeated in his attempt to resume control of Sweden by the Protestant forces of his uncle, Charles. Sigismund is deposed shortly thereafter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#July–September", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is dethroned by his uncle Duke Charles, who takes over as regent of the realm until 1604, when he becomes King Charles IX.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#July–September", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – At Linköping in Sweden, the Riksdag declares that Sigismund, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, who has been absent for five years, has effectively abdicated as King of Sweden, and recognizes Karl, Duke of Södermanland, as the new monarch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#January–March", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – Karl IX begins his reign as King of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#January–March", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – The city of Oulu (Uleåborg) is founded by King Charles IX of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#April–June", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1606, "year_label": "1606 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – King Charles IX of Sweden founds the city of Vaasa, in the parish of Korsholm in Coastal Ostrobothnia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561009#October–December", "title": "1606", "revid": 1369561009, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – The Novgorodians send a letter to Charles IX, placing themselves under his protection and asking to be ruled by one of his sons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812619#Events", "title": "1611 in Sweden", "revid": 1319812619, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – At the age of 16, Gustav II Adolf succeeds his father Charles IX as King of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#October–December", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – King Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#October–December", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Deaths › October–December"}}, {"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 30", "text": "30 October - Charles IX of Sweden, monarch (born 1550)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812619#Deaths", "title": "1611 in Sweden", "revid": 1319812619, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1637, "year_label": "1637 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Hans Matthiæ, personal priest to the then Duke Charles IX of Sweden", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363059208#Deaths", "title": "1637 in Sweden", "revid": 1363059208, "section": "Deaths"}}]}