1654
May 20
| 1654 • Charles X Gustav succeeds his cousin Christina on the Swedish throne. After her abdication on the same day, Christina, now the former reigning queen of a Protestant nation, secretly converts to Catholicism. |
1678
Age: 23y
birth of childOttilia Röder Brandau, Dieburg, Hessen, Germany ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1678 • The first fire engine company in what will become the United States goes into service. |
1710
Jul 3
Age: 56y
| 1710 • Battle of Helsingborg: Fourteen thousand Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally large Swedish army under Magnus Stenbock. |