Count Fredrik Axel von Fersen ( Events January 23 - The Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) Births November 30 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, later Princess of Wales. ...1719_ Events February 11 _ 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public. ...1794), The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. ...Swedish statesman and soldier, was a son of Lieutenant_General Hans Reinhold Fersen and entered the Swedish Life Guards in Events May 31 _ Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 _ Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present_day Belgium). ...1740, and from Events February 14 _ Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 _ _ The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ...1743 to Events April 24 _ A congress assembles at Aix_la_Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession _ at October 18 _ The Treaty of Aix_la_Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of...1748 was in the France _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...French service in the Royal_Suedois, where he rose to the rank of brigadier.

In the This article is about the 1756–1763 war. ...Seven Years' War Fersen distinguished himself during the operations round Usedom (Polish name Uznam) is an island north of the mouth of the Oder river, where it flows into the Szczecin Bay (ger: Stettiner Haff, pol: Zalew Szczeciński). ...Usedom and Wolin or Wollin is an island located in the Baltic Sea located just off the Polish coast. ...Wollin in Events January 11 _ In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. ...1759, when he inflicted serious loss on the The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701_1918 The word Prussia ( German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and...Prussians. But it is as a politician that he is best known. At the The Riksdag of the Estates, or Ståndsriksdagen, was the name used for the Estates of the Swedish realm, or Rikets ständer, when they were assembled. ...Riksdag of Events January 25 _ Moscow University established. ...1755_ Events March 17 _ St. ...1756 he was elected The Lantmarskalk, or Lord Marshal, was the speaker of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates, from 1627 to 1866. ...lantmarskalk, or marshal of the diet, and from henceforth, till the revolution of Events February 17 _ First partition of Russia and Prussia, later including Austria May _ Watauga Association formed in East Tennessee as the first independent Anglo_American government. ...1772, led the Hat party. In Events March 17 _ St. ...1756 he defeated the projects of the court for increasing the royal power; but, after the disasters of the Seven Years' War, gravitated towards the court again and contributed, by his energy and eloquence, to uphold the tottering Hats for several years. On the accession of the Caps to power in Events January 1 _ Great Britain as King Charles III and figurehead for Jacobitism. ...1766, Fersen assisted the court in its struggle with them by refusing to employ the Guards to keep order in the capital when King Adolf Frederick of Sweden, or Adolf Fredrik (May 14, 1710 _ February 12, 1771), was the son of Christian August von Schleswig-Holstein-Eutin (1673-1726) and Albertina Frederica von Baden_Durlach (1682_1755). ...Adolf Frederick of Sweden, driven to desperation by the demands of the Caps, publicly abdicated, anda seven days’ interregnum ensued. At the ensuing riksdag of Events Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen exhibits the Mechanical Turk, a chess_playing machine May 14 _ Charles III of Spain sends Spanish missionaries, who found California missions in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Monterey and begin the settlement of California. ...1769, when the Hats returned to power, Fersen was again elected marshal of the diet; but he made no attempt to redeem his pledges to the crown prince Gustavus, as to a very necessary reform of the constitution, which he had made before the elections, and thus involuntarily contributed to the subsequent establishment of absolutism.

Revolution of 1772

When Gustav III (13 January 1746 (O.S.) (24 January 1746 (N.S.))–March 29, 1792) was the King of Sweden from February 12, 1771 until his death. ...Gustav III of Sweden ascended the throne in 1772, and attempted to reconcile the two factions by a composition which aimed at dividing all political power between them, Fersen said he despaired of bringing back, in a moment, to the path of virtue and patriotism a people who had been running riot for more than half a century in the wilder_ness of political licence and corruption. Nevertheless he consented to open negotiations with the Caps, and was the principal Hat representative on the abortive composition committee. During the revolution of August 1772, Fersen remained a passive spectator of the overthrow of the constitution, and was one of the first whom Gustav summoned to his side after his triumph. Yet his relations with the king were never cordial. The old party_leader could never forget that he had once been a power in the state, and it is evident, from his Historiska Skrifter, how jealous he was of Gustav’s personal qualities. There was a slight collision between them as early as the Riksdag of Events The term Thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick . ...1778; but at the Riksdag of 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...1786 Fersen boldly led the opposition against the king's financial measures which were consequently rejected; while, in private interviews, if his own account of them is to, be trusted, he addressed his sovereign with outrageous insolence. At the diet of 1789 Fersen marshalled the nobility around him for a combat against the throne and that, too, at a time when Sweden was involved in two dangerous foreign wars, and national unity was absolutely indispensable. This tactical blunder cost him his popularity and materially assisted the secret operations of the king. Obstruction was Fersen's chief weapon, and he continued to postpone the granting of subsidies by the house of nobles for some weeks. But after frequent stormy scenes in the diet, which were only prevented from becoming mêlées by Fersen's moderation, or hesitation, at the critical moment, he and twenty of his friends of the nobility were arrested in February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...February 17, 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...1789 and the opposition collapsed. Fersen was speedily released, but hence forth kept aloof from politics, surviving the king two years. He was a man of great natural talent, with an imposing presence, and he always bore himself like the aristocrat he was. But his haughtiness and love of power are undeniable, and he was perhaps too great a party_leader to be a great statesman. Yet for seventeen years, with very brief intervals, he controlled the destinies of Sweden, and his influence in France was for some time pretty considerable. His Historiska Skrifter, which are a record of Swedish history, mainly autobiographical, during the greater part of the 18th century, is excellent as literature, but somewhat unreliable as an historical document, especially in the later parts.

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See also

• Count Hans Axel von Fersen ( September 4, 1755 _ June 20, 1810) was a Swedish statesman. ...Axel von Fersen, junior