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Tidslinje - Historiska händelser

Här är några viktiga händelser i Sveriges historia (ungefärliga tidpunkter är angivna för händelser före 1200)

970 -   995   Erik Segersäll

995 - 1022    Olof Skötkonung

1022 - 1050   Anund Jacob

1050 - 1060   Emund gamle

1060 - 1066   Stenkil

1066 - 1067      Erik (VII)

1066 - 1067      Erik (VIII)

1066 - 1080   Halsten

1068 - 1080   Håkan röde

1083 - 1085      Blot-Sven

1079 - 1105      Inge (I) den äldre

1105 - 1118   Filip

1105 - 1125  Inge (II) den yngre

1125         Ragnvald Knaphövde

1125 - 1130  Magnus (I) Nilsson

1130 - 1156   Sverker (I) den äldre

1156 - 1160  Erik (IX) den helige

1160 - 1161      Magnus (II) Henriksson

1158 (1161) - 1167       Karl (VII) Sverkersson

1167 - 1173   Kol

1167 - 1169   Burislev

1167 (1173) - 1196       Knut (I) Eriksson

1196 - 1208      Sverker (II) Karlsson den yngre

1208 Slaget vid Lena

1208 - 1216      Erik (X) Knutsson

1210 Slaget vid Gestilren

1216 - 1222      Johan Sverkersson

1222 - 1229      Erik Eriksson ("läspe och halte")

1229 - 1234      Knut (II) Holmgersson (långe)

1234 - 1250      Erik Eriksson ("läspe och halte")

1248 - 1266      Birger Jarl

1250 - 1275      Valdemar Birgersson

1275 - 1290      Magnus (II) Birgersson (ladulås)

1290 - 1318      Birger Magnusson

1319 - 1364      Magnus (III) Eriksson

1347 digerdöden börjar

1357 - 1359      Erik (XII) Magnusson

1362 - 1364      Håkan Magnusson

1364 - 1389      Albrekt av Mecklenburg

1389 - (1396) 1412       Margareta

1396 - 1439      Erik (XIII) av Pommern

1397 Kalmarunionen

1438 - 1440      Karl Knutsson Bonde (riksföreståndare)

1440 - 1448      Kristofer av Bayern

1448     Bengt Jönsson & Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna (riksföreståndare)

1448 - 1457      Karl (VIII) Knutsson Bonde

1457     Erik Axelsson Tott & Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (riksföreståndare)

1457 - 1464      Kristan I

1464 - 1465      Karl (VIII) Knutsson Bonde

1464 - 1465      Kettil Karlsson Vasa (riksföreståndare)

1465 - 1466      Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (riksföreståndare)

1466 - 1467      Erik Axelsson Tott (riksföreståndare)

1467 - 1470      Karl (VIII) Knutsson Bonde

1470 - 1497     Sten Sture den äldre (riksföreståndare)

1497 - 1501       

1503      Sten Sture den äldre (riksföreståndare)

1504 - 1512     Svante Nilsson Sture (riksföreståndare)

1512     Erik Trolle (riksföreståndare)

1512 - 1520     Sten Sture den yngre (riksföreståndare)

1520 Stockholms blodbad

1520 - 1531      Kristian II

1523 (1521) - 1560     Gustav Vasa

1540-talet Dackefejden

1560 - 1568      Erik XIV

1568 - 1592      Johan III

1592 - 1599      Sigismund

1599 (1604) - 1611 Karl IX

1611 - 1632      Gustav II Adolf

1632 - 1654   Kristina

1645 Blekinge, halland, Härjedalen och Jämtland blir svenskt

1654 - 1660   Karl X Gustav

1658 Skåne blir svenskt

1660 - 1697    Karl XI

1697 - 1718     Karl XII

1719 - 1720     Ulrika Eleonora den yngre

1720 - 1751      Fredrik I (Hessen)

1751 - 1771      Adolf Fredrik

1771 - 1792      Gustav III

1792 - 1809      Gustav IV Adolf

1809 Finland blir ryskt

1809 - 1818      Karl XIII

1814 Union med Norge

1818 - 1844      Karl XIV Johan

1840 Telegrafen uppfinns

1844 - 1859      Oscar I

1859 - 1872      Karl XV

1867 Tvåkammar riksdagen

1872 - 1907      Oscar II

1876 Telefonen uppfinns

1903 Wright bröderna flyger

1905  Unionen med Norge upplöses 

1907 - 1950      Gustaf V

1912 Titanic sjunker

1914-1918 Första världskriget

1941-1945 Andra världskriget

1950-1953 Koreakriget

1950 - 1973      Gustaf VI Adolf

1967 Högertrafik omläggningen

1969 Neil Armstrong är först på månen

1973 - Carl XVI Gustaf

1986 Palmemordet

Here are some notable events that happened throughout history...

1100 Mayan civilization reaches its height in Central America

1254 Birth of Marco Polo, explorer who will bring pasta to Italy from China

1347 Bubonic plague in Europe; originated in India, 1332. 75 million deaths

1492 Columbus discovered America

1507 Lands of the New World named for Amerigo Vespucci by Waldseemuller

1539 First printing press set up in the New World - at Mexico City

1590 Galileo describes the law of falling bodies

1607 Jamestown founded

1609 Henry Hudson explores river valley named for him

1609 Kepler describes planetary motions and laws

1619 First legislative assembly in America, in Virginia, July 30

1620 Puritan Pilgrims land at Plymouth Colony, write Mayflower Compact

1624 Indians barter away Manhattan for about $24.00

1629 Puritans settle Boston area, call themselves The Massachusetts Bay Co.

1636 First college in the colonies, later named after Rev. John Harvard

1676 First formally declared Day of Thanksgiving June 29

1684 Cotton Mather coins the term "Americans" for colonists

1685 Louis XIV cancels Edict of Nantes, thousands flee to the colonies

1692 Witch hunts in Salem, MA; 19 die

1752 Benjamin Franklin flies a kite

1764 Mozart writes his first symphony, at age eight

1770 Boston Massacre. Five dead, six wounded on March 5

1773 Boston Tea Party. 342 chests of tea go into the drink

1774 Virginia Conventions begin.  Lead to First Continental Congress

1775 The Revolutionary War begins in the United States

1775 Patrick Henry says "Give me liberty or give me death!"

1775 Second Continental Congress, again in Philadelphia

1776 Declaration of Independence drafted by Tom Jefferson, with John Adams

1777 Congress adopts the American flag with thirteen stars and stripes

1779 British surrender to Americans at Vincennes

1781 Articles of Confederation go into effect; were drafted in 1777

1783 Revolutionary War ends in the United States

1787 United States Constitution was framed and sent to the Congress and states

1789 George Washington and John Adams elected as first President and VP

1790 First national census records 3,929,214 persons

1792 Congress names the Dollar as our unit of currency; proposed by Jefferson

1792 Political parties formed; Republicans (to be Democrats) & Federalists

1793* Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney

1803 Louisiana purchased for $15,000,000

1803 Atomic theory was first published

1810 Census counts 7,239,881 persons in United States

1812-1814 War of 1812 declared on England June 18

1835 USA becomes debt free (briefly) for only time in history

1836 The Alamo.  6000 Mexicans defeat 190 Americans in 12 days on March 6

1840 Telegraph invented by Samuel F. B. Morse

1840-1860 Oregon Trail

1846 Potato famine in Ireland.  Many flee to America for survival

1847 Brigham Young leads his followers into Salt Lake City, UT area

1849 California gold rush

1860 South Carolina secedes from Union, December 20

1861 Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC, April 12

1861 Congress enacts first income tax August 2, on incomes more than $800

1863 The Emancipation Proclamation.

1863 The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

1865 13th amendment abolishes slavery

1865 Lincoln shot by Boothe April 14, dies next day

1867 US buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million

1869 Transcontinental railroad completed; Ogden, UT wins the golden spike

1870 15th Amendment gives blacks the right to vote

1876 Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn in Montana

1876 Liberty statue presented by France

1876 Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell

1880 Incandescent lamp invented by Thomas A. Edison

1892 Ellis Island Opened (Jan.)

1897 Alaska gold rush

1898 Spanish - American War

1903* Wright brothers make first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC

1912 SS Titanic hits iceberg, 1503 lives lost

1914-1918 World War I

1920 19th Amendment brings women the vote

1929 Great Depression begins after bank and stock failures

1937 Social Security benefits were instituted

1939 Bill of Rights finally ratified

1941-1945 World War II

1950-1953 Korean War

1962 John Glenn first US astronaut to orbit earth

1968 Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. murdered in Memphis

1969 Neil Armstrong is first person on the moon

1986 Shuttle "Challenger" exploded on takeoff, 7 astronauts perished

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