Gustaf Otto Stenbock

Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock (1614-1685) was a Swedish soldier and politician. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (608x995, 316 KB) Gustaf Otto Stenbock, Swedish field marshal. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (608x995, 316 KB) Gustaf Otto Stenbock, Swedish field marshal. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ...

He was born 7 August 1614 in Torpa He married Christina Catharine de la Gardie June 1, 1658 in Gothenburg. She was the daughter of Jacob de la Gardie. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who has plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross from Sweden to Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne September... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg   listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie of Läckö (1583-1652) was a Swedish statesman and soldier, appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, Governor General of Livonia in 1621, and Lord High Constable in 1628. ...

He was appointed Privy Councilor in 1652, Field Marshal in 1656, Governor General of Scania in 1658, Lord High Admiral in 1664, and Chancellor of Lund University in 1666. He was deposed as admiral by King Charles XI of Sweden in 1675. The Swedish Senate: Riksrådet, from 1809 Statsrådet, from 1975 Regeringen was and is the principal government institution of Sweden The Swedish Senate, Senatus Regni Sueciae, originated as a council of Regional Magnates acting as advisers to the Monarch of the combined Realms of the Swedes (from 996, approximately). ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... This is a list of the 77 Field Marshals of Sweden, with their respective years of appointment, from the 16th to the 19th century. ... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... A Governor-General, or Generalguvernör, was appointed by the Swedish monarch as a form of viceroy, with both civil and military jurisdiction, over parts of the Swedish Realm, from the 17th century to the early 19th century, when constitutional changes made the office obsolete. ... Scania (Skåne) is the southernmost historical Province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who has plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross from Sweden to Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne September... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius), an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. ... Lund University Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a university in Lund in southernmost Sweden. ... Events September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles IIs baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. ... Charles XI, or Karl XI, (November 24, 1655 – April 5, 1697) was a King of Sweden (1660 – 1697). ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim August 10 - Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ...