What the records say
- When
- 19 Aug 1772
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 59.33° N, 18.07° E
- Description
- Swedish coup d'état
Revolution of 1772
Coup by Gustav III of Sweden
The Revolution of 1772, also known as The Bloodless Revolution or the Coup of Gustav III, was a Swedish coup d'état performed by King Gustav III on 19 August 1772 to introduce a division of power between the King and the Riksdag of the Estates, resulting in the end of the Age of Liberty and the introduction of the Swedish Constitution of 1772, which would strengthen the power of the monarch and the start the absoluti…
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A coup d'état by King Gustav III is completed by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “スウェーデン王グスタフ3世がクーデターを起こし、「自由の時代」を終結させて絶対王政を復活。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page