Timeline of Stockholm History - Middle Ages

Middle Ages

  • 1252: First historical mentioning of Stockholm.
  • 1266: Birger dies and is buried at Varnhem's church.
  • 1269: First known political confrontation in Stockholm.
  • 1275: Magnus Ladulås becomes king.
  • 1279: Storkyrkan is first mentioned.
  • 1280: A political meeting at Adelsö results in the establishment of Swedish nobility.
  • 1281: The seal of Stockholm is first mentioned.
  • 1285: Magnus decrees he wishes to be buried in Stockholm.
  • 1289: In a decree, Magnus grants citizens settling near St Clare's monastery on Norrmalm the same rights as citizens within the city walls (which also gets mentioned for the first time), resulting in the first expansion beyond the central island Stadsholmen.
  • 1289: In a letter to the Pope, Stockholm is described as having become "more populous than any other city in our country in a few years".
  • 1290: Magnus dies, his son Birger becomes king.
  • 1292: Magnus is buried in the Greyfriars church.
  • 1293: Under Torkel Knutsson, a crusade is launched aiming at the Vyborg Bay.
  • 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

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