11 events with tag "Sweden"
1523
ID: 3763
Sweden leaves Kalmar Union - Gustav Vasa elected king, Denmark loses control of Sweden
ID: 3763
1700
ID: 5988
Great Northern War begins - Peter the Great challenges Swedish supremacy, initially defeated at Narva
ID: 5988
1709
ID: 5990
July 8, 1709
Battle of Poltava - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden, Russia becomes European great power
ID: 5990
1774
ID: 585
Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovers chlorine in Sweden
ID: 585
1814
ID: 3769
Treaty of Kiel - Denmark loses Norway to Sweden as punishment for supporting Napoleon
ID: 3769
1934
ID: 1418
Norway and Sweden pass sterilization laws
ID: 1418
1943
ID: 3772
October 1943
Danish rescue of Jews - population helps 7,200 Jews escape to Sweden, unique in Nazi-occupied Europe
ID: 3772
1954
ID: 1689
Secret agreements with Sweden and other allies for intelligence cooperation
ID: 1689
1978
ID: 1959
Sweden documents vaccine failure: 84% of pertussis cases had received three vaccine doses
ID: 1959
1979
ID: 1974
Sweden discontinues pertussis vaccination
ID: 1974
1981
ID: 1999
Sweden without vaccination (1981-1993): Only 8 pertussis deaths over 12 years
ID: 1999