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Augusta von Fersen

1754–1846

Born
1754, Sweden
Country of birth
Sweden
Died
8 Apr 1846, Stockholm
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  • Birth1754, SwedenProbableDisputed1 competing claim1 source
  • Death8 Apr 1846, StockholmProbableDisputed1 competing claim1 source
  • ParentCarl von FersenConfirmed1 source
  • ParentCharlotta SparreConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born · Sweden

    Birth, Sweden

  2. Child born: Carl Löwenhielm

    Birth, The Royal Court Parish

  3. Died · Stockholm

    Death, Stockholm

What was it like?

The world around Sweden, 1754: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Augusta was born the same year as Luigi Marchesi, Paul I of Russia, and Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord.

Known for

Countess Christina Augusta Löwenhielm, was a Swedish noblewoman and courtier. She is known for her love affair with the future king Charles XIII. She is also famous in history as one of "the three graces" of the Gustavian age; three ladies-in-waiting immortalized in the poem Gracernas döpelse by Johan Henric Kellgren, and known profiles of the epoch.

Born the same year

  • Luigi Marchesi

    Italian opera singer

  • Paul I of Russia

    The ninth Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801 (1754-1801)

  • Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

    French diplomat (1754-1838)

  • Joseph Joubert

    French moralist and essayist

  • Manon Roland

    French revolutionary

  • Georg Forster

    German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

During their lifetime

  1. 1756

    Mass confiscation of illegal distilleries in 1756

    The government ordered the confiscation of all private aquavit manufacturing equipment, rounding up approximately 180,000 illegal distilleries across the country.

  2. 1766

    Freedom of the press act passed in 1766

    Sweden passed the world's first freedom of the press act, which granted citizens the right to publish their opinions and access official government documents.

  3. 1772

    Famine and distillery ban in 1772

    Following severe crop failures and widespread famine in 1771 and 1772, the government banned the legal manufacture of spirits for personal use to conserve grain.

  4. 1772

    Revolution of 1772 and torture abolished

    King Gustav III staged a coup, forced the parliament to accept a new constitution, and formally abolished the use of torture in judicial proceedings.

  5. 1804

    Smallpox vaccination edict issued

    The Edict of Inoculation was proclaimed in 1804, helping to reduce smallpox epidemics significantly.

  6. 1814

    Union with Norway established

    Following the Treaty of Kiel, Norway was ceded by Denmark and entered a union with Sweden in 1814.

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