NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rutger von Ascheberg

Count Rutger von Ascheberg (1621-1693) was a soldier, officer and civil servant in Swedish service, being appointed Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Field Marshal in 1678, Governor General of Terra Scania, which included the provinces of Scania, Hallandia and Blechingia, in 1680, and Royal Councilor in 1681. Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... 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 August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... 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. ... Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ... The provinces or landskap were the subdivision of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by counties in a reform, led by Axel Oxenstierna, that still remains in force in Sweden proper. ... Scania (Skåne) is the southernmost historical Province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Hallandia (Halland) is a historical Province (landskap) on the western coast of Sweden. ... Blechingia (Blekinge) is a historical Province (landskap) in the south of Sweden. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... 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 March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ...

He was of an old Westphalian family that had emigrated to Courland in the 16th century. At the age of 13 he served as page at the Swedish army in Germany. He was present at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634. Westphalia (German: Westfalen) is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, MÃ¼nster, Bielefeld, and OsnabrÃ¼ck and included in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. ... Map Kurland, Courland, Couronia, Curonia, or Kurzeme is a former Baltic province of the Teutonic Order state in Livonia (ca. ... The Battle of NÃ¶rdlingen refers to two battles during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). ...

In 1639 he left the army for studies in France. At the age of 19 he was drafted to a Hessian cavalry regiment in Swedish service. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Wolfenbüttel 1641 and though wounded in the Battle of Breitenfeld 1642 he fought bravely under Lennart Torstenson in the latter years of the Thirty Years' War, and in Poland. In mathematics, the Hessian matrix of a function of several real variables is the (symmetric) matrix of all second partial derivatives. ... WolfenbÃ¼ttel WolfenbÃ¼ttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The Second Battle of Breitenfeld (October 23, 1642), also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, took place in Germany during the Thirty Years War. ... Count Lennart Torstenson (August 17, 1603 - April 7, 1651) was a Swedish soldier and the son of Torsten Lennartson, commandant of Älvsborg Fortress. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...

In the war against Denmark he led his own cavalry regiment in 1655 and was promoted Colonel in 1657.

He was badly wounded at the attack on Copenhagen in 1658. When he was brought to Sweden to recover it was the first time he actually sat foot on Sweden proper, though he had served in the Swedish army for almost 24 years. Copenhagen (Danish: KÃ¸benhavn) is the capital and largest city of Denmark. ... Sweden proper, or Egentliga Sverige, is a term used to distinguish those territories that were fully integrated into the Kingdom of Sweden, as opposed to the dominions and possessions of, or states in union with, the Realm of Sweden. ...

In the Scanian War he distinguished himself at the Battle of Halmstad 1676 and at the Battle of Landskrona 1677. Scanian War (Danish: SkÃ¥nske Krig) was the Nordic part of the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678). ... Categories: 1677 | Battles of Sweden | Battles of Denmark | Battle stubs ...

A major street is named in his honor in the city of Gothenburg, where he also lies buried in Tyska kyrkan (the German Church), Gothenburg. Gothenburg viewed from Liseberg amusement park Gothenburg (Swedish: GÃ¶teborg listen? ; UN/LOCODE: SE GOT) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of VÃ¤stra GÃ¶taland. ...

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