Historical place archive

Bremen in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Bremen in Sweden. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records4 event labels4 people1648–1666

Historical events in Bremen

1648

October 1648
Rule of Bremen
Oxenstierna · Thirty Years War

Sweden gains the Bishopric of Bremen

24 October 1648
Treaty of Westphalia
Christina · Thirty Years War

Sweden receives the secularised archbishopric of Bremen.

1657

July 1657
Siege of Bremen
Charles X Gustavus · Northern War, 1st

Crosses the frontier of Holstein & expels the Danish from Bremen

1666

1666
Capture of Bremen
Carl Gustaf Wrangel · Military

Enters Northern Germany to win the city of Bremen for the Swedish crown

1666
Siege of Bremen
Carl Gustaf Wrangel · Military

Enters Northern Germany to win the city of Bremen for the Swedish crown

15 November 1666
Siege of Bremen
Carl Gustaf Wrangel · Military

Forced to make peace, and concludes the "Peace of Habenhausen"

Provenance

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