Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Timeline of Events

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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Gustav II Adolf has been widely known in English by his Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus Magnus and variously in historical writings also as Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolph the Great,...

Timeline of Events

1630

7.6.1630

Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.

1632

4.15.1632

Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

1928

11.6.1928

Sweden begins a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.