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Åbo Bloodbath: Fourteen noblemen who opposed Duke Charles are decapitated in the Old Great Square of Turku (Swedish: Åbo) for their involvement in the War against Sigismund.
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Åbo Bloodbath
1599 public execution in Turku (Åbo), Finland
The Åbo Bloodbath of 10 November 1599 was a public execution in the town of Turku (Åbo), Finland, then part of the Kingdom of Sweden, in the context of the war against Sigismund. Sweden was by then in the final phase of a civil war, with one faction supporting King Sigismund III…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Charles IX of Sweden
King of Sweden from 1604 to 1611
Charles IX, also Carl, reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I and of his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, the brother of King Eric XIV and of King John III, and the uncle of Sigismund, who became king both of Sweden and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Old Great Square (Turku)
Historic market square in the city centre of Turku, Finland
The Old Great Square is a medieval market square located in the city centre of Turku, Finland. It is located in the II District in very close proximity to Turku Cathedral. The area was the administrative and commercial centre of Turku since the founding of the city in the 13th…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Turku
City in southwest Finland
Turku is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately 207,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Swedish language
North Germanic language
Swedish is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
War against Sigismund
Late 1500s Polish–Swedish conflict ending in the deposition of king Sigismund
The war against Sigismund was a war between Duke Charles, later known as King Charles IX of Sweden, and Sigismund, who was at the time the king of both Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Lasting from 1598 to 1599, it is also called the War of Deposition against…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 10
Day of the year
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