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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
ca 300 - Migrations to Sweden after fall of Western Roman Empire<br> | |||
ca 793 - Vikings began large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading<br> | |||
829 - Ansgar's introduces Christianity to Sweden<br> | |||
1004 - King Olof Skötkonung baptized beginning transition to Christianity as dominant religion<br> | |||
1087 - Pagan temple at Uppsala destroyed by order of King Inge the Elder<br> | |||
1252 - City of Stockholm is founded<br> | |||
1341 - Magnus Erikssons Rural Law (Landslag) and City Law (Stadslag) were passed<br> | |||
1397 - The Union of Kalmar united Sweden with Denmark and Norway<br> | 1397 - The Union of Kalmar united Sweden with Denmark and Norway<br> | ||
1477 - The University of Uppsala was founded<br> | 1477 - The University of Uppsala was founded<br> | ||
1523 - The Union of Kalmar dissolved | 1523 - The Union of Kalmar dissolved. Gustaf Vasa reasserts Sweden's independence and was elected King of Sweden<br> | ||
1527 - The Lutheran Church becomes the state religion of Sweden<br> | 1527 - The Lutheran Church becomes the state religion of Sweden<br> | ||
1540 - The first translation of the Bible in Swedish is published (Gustav Vasa Bible)<br> | |||
1621 - City of Gothenburg (Göteborg) is founded<br> | |||
1630 - Sweden enters Thirty Years War (1618-1648)<br> | |||
1638 - New Sweden Colony established along Delaware River<br> | |||
1648 - Thirty Years' War ends, Sweden granted Western Pomerania, Wismar, and bishoprics of Bremen-Verden<br> | |||
1658 - Treaty of Roskilde: Blekinge, Bornholm, Bohuslän, Scania, Trøndelag and Halland are ceded to Sweden<br> | |||
1675 - Denmark invades to recapture Scania (Skåne), Scanian War (1675-1679)<br> | |||
1753 - Sweden changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar<br> | 1753 - Sweden changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar<br> | ||
1809 - Sweden lost Finland to Russia<br> | 1809 - Sweden lost Finland to Russia<br> | ||