History of Stockholm
Categories: Stockholm | History of Sweden | History by city
This is the history of the city of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
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1888 German map of Stockholm
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Timeline
- 1252: The city is first mentioned
- 1350: The Black Death enters the city
- 1388: The city is given full city rights, as ratified by king Albert of Mecklenburg
- 1392: Forces of the Danish Queen Margaret besieged the city
- 1392: Privateers named Victual Brothers supplied the besieged city with food
- 1419: Stockholm becomes the capital of Sweden
- 1471: The Battle of Brunkeberg is won by Sten Sture the elder, and the Danish are ousted.
- 1520: The Stockholm bloodbath is perpetrated by Christian II of Denmark
- 1521: Gustav Vasa marches into Stockholm
- 1622: First preserved map of Stockholm dates from this year
- 1697: The old castle, Tre Kronor, burns to the ground
- 1719: The city narrowly escape Russian invasion
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Historical population
Image:Map Stockholm Umgebung MK1888.png
Another 1888 German map that shows more of the outlying areas
- 1800: 75,500 inhabitants
- 1830: 80,600
- 1850: 93,000
- 1880: 168,800
- 1900: 300,600
- 1925: 440,700
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