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1187 Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of Stockholm
1252 The Swedish
city of Stockholm is founded by Birger Jarl
.
1471 Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm. The forces of Regent
of Sweden
Sten Sture the Elder with help of farmers and miners repel an attack by Christian I
, King of Denmark.
1628 The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage in the Stockholm harbor
1630 Swedish
warships depart from Stockholm to Germany
.
1661 First modern bank notes issued in Stockholm, Sweden
1697 The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
1751 Fire destroys 1,000 houses in Stockholm.
1759 Fire destroys 250 houses in Stockholm.
1876 Lars Magnus Ericsson and Carl Johan Andersson start a small mechanical workshop in Stockholm, Sweden
, dealing with telegraphy
equipment, which grows into the world-wide company Ericsson.
1879 Swedish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld arrives in Stockholm with the S/S Vega, concluding the world's first circumnavigation
of Eurasia.
1901 Marie Curie receives doctorate. The first Nobel Prize
ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel
's death.
1912 The 1912 Summer Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden
.
1956 1956 Summer Olympics: Equestrian events open in Stockholm, Sweden
. (All other events held in November in Melbourne, Australia.)
1975 Six Red Army Faction
terrorists take over West German embassy in Stockholm, take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish poli
2003 Swedish
foreign minister Anna Lindh
is stabbed in a Stockholm department store and dies the next day.
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