1650 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1650 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christina

Events

• - Coronation of Queen Christina.
• - The harvests fail over all Sweden.
• - The Swedish crown is made hereditary among the male descendants of Palatine Count Karl Gustav.
• Swedish copper mining breaks a record with 3,000 tonnes.

Births

• Unknown date - Eva Margareta Frölich, mystic, prophet, visionary and Pietistic writer (died 1692)
• Lars Ulstadius, Lutheran minister and a schoolteacher (died 1732)

Deaths

• 11 February – René Descartes, French philosopher (born 1596 in France)^[1]
• Carl Gyllenhielm, soldier and politician (born 1574)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rene Descartes Biography, Ideas, Philosophy, ‘I Think, Therefore I Am,’ & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 15 August 2022 . en.