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Erik XIV

Swedish king (1533-1577)

15 dated entries naming Erik XIV, drawn from 11 separate years between 1533 CE and 1649 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Eric XIV, Eric XIV of Sweden, Erik XIV of Sweden in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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16th century

  • 1533December 13 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (died 1577)source
  • 153313 December - Eric XIV of Sweden, monarch (died 1577)source
  • 1558Crown Prince Eric proposes to Elizabeth I of England.source
  • 1560September 29 – Eric XIV becomes King of Sweden, upon the death of his father, Gustav Vasa.source
  • 1561June 29 – Erik XIV is crowned King of Sweden.source
  • 1563November 9 – The Army of Sweden, under the command of King Eric XIV, suffers a severe defeat in the Battle of Mared against the Army of Denmark, commanded by King Frederik II. In the battle, near what is now the city of Oskarström in Sweden, the Swedes suffer at least 2,500 casualties. The Swedish Army is able to retreat and rebuild, but the Danes plunder the village of Övraby, which is never rebuilt.source
  • 1564A map of Sweden, attributed to Ambrosius Thoms, was completed this year. It is presumed to have been created to aid in a coup-d’etat to liberate John III (half-brother of King Erik XIV, who would become the next King of Sweden in 1569) from Gripsholm Castle. John was imprisoned there in 1563 for treason, along with his new wife, on account of their marriage, because she was the younger sister of Poland's King Sigismund II Augustus, with whom King Erik XIV was at war.source
  • 1564August 28 – King Eric XIV of Sweden, who has been commanding the Swedish Army himself since the start of the Northern Seven Years' War, turns over the responsibility to Nils Boije, who captures Varberg from Denmark.source
  • 1567May 24 – Sture Murders: The mentally unstable King Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated nobles at Uppsala Castle.source
  • 156724 May - Erik XIV endures a fit of insanity during which he commits the Sture Murders.source
  • 1568May - Eric XIV recuperates from his mental illness and resume government.source
  • 1568September 29 – The Swedish king Eric XIV is deposed by his half-brothers John and Charles. John proclaims himself king John III the next day.source
  • 15691569 Plot: The first of three conspiracies with the intent to depose John III of Sweden and reinstate the imprisoned Eric XIV on the Swedish throne is exposed in Sweden.source
  • 1577February 26 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (born 1533)source

17th century

  • 1649Constantia Eriksdotter, illegitimate daughter of Eric XIV of Sweden and Agda Persdotter (born 1560)source

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