American History/Swedish History

A Brief Timeline

• 1700
  The Great Northern War begins, challenging the dominance of Sweden over the Baltic States.

  
• 1775
  George Washington led the Continental Army to fight against British rule.

  
• 1772
  Sweden's Constitution of 1772 took effect through a bloodless coup d'état, the Revolution of 1772, carried out by King Gustav III, who had become king in 1771, establishing a brief absolute monarchy in Sweden.

  
• 1776
  The signing of the Declaration of Independence declaring the United States of America a sovereign nation no longer under Britain’s rule.

  
• 1782
  The Bald Eagle is adopted by Congress as the national bird.

  
• 1809
  Swedish Constitution is written after overthrowing King Gustav IV Adolf. Sweden is forced to surrender Finland to Russia.

  
• 1791
  Ratification by the states of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution was completed creating the United States Bill of Rights, granting individual freedom.

  
• 1814
  Norway and Sweden are joined by the treaty of Kiel, which forces the King of Denmark Norway to cede Norway to Sweden.

  
• 1863
  The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln, freeing slaves in Confederate states.

  
• 1905
  Dissolution of the Union between Sweden and Norway.

  
• 1865
  Slavery was abolished under the Thirteenth Amendment. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

  
• 1914
  World War I starts.

  
• 1920
  Nineteenth Amendment adopted giving women the right to vote and the Prohibition era started, outlawing the sales and manufacturing of alcohol.

  
• 1921
  Women gained the right to vote and this is also same year that women were elected into Swedish Parliament.

  
• 1929
  Wall Street stock market crash causing The Great Depression, a severe worldwide economic depression lasting until 1933.

  
• 1946
  Sweden joined the United Nations.

  
• 1939
  World War II, also known as the Second World War, starts.

  
• 1959
  Sweden became founding member of European Trade Association (EFTA).

  
• 1941
  Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese warplanes.

  
• 1971
  Two-chamber parliament replaced by one chamber elected by representation.

  
• 1981
  President Ronald Reagan inaugurated as 40th President of United States.

  
• 1976
  Thorbjörn Fälldin elected as prime minister, leading Sweden's first non-socialist government for forty years.

  
• 1990
  Parliament supported government decision to apply for European Union membership.

  
• 1995
  The World Trade Organization (WTO) was created, an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.

  
• 2001
  World Trade Center attacks in New York City, leading into the War on Terrorism efforts in Afghanistan.

  
• 1995
  Sweden joined the European Union.

  
• 1996
  Social Democrat Göran Persson was chosen to lead as prime minister after his party colleague Ingvar Carlsson retired.

  
• 2005
  Hurricane Katrina strikes causing damage from Alabama to Louisiana and being one of the worst natural disasters to strike the United States.

  
• 2000
  The Øresund a Bridge and tunnel opened between Malmo, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. The new road and rail link makes it possible to travel between the two countries in just 15 minutes.

  
• 2007
  August marks 48 years since Hawaii joined the United States resulting in the iconic fifty star flag of the United States of America.

  
• 2003
  Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was assassinated in Stockholm.

  
• 2009
  Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American president in history.

  
• 2003
  Referendum vote rejected the Euro.

  
• 2011
  Osama Bin Laden is killed and President Obama declares The War in Iraq over.

  
• 2006
  Fredrik Reinfeldt wins parliamentary elections, ending 12 years of Social Democrat rule.

  
• 2014
  Obamacare, The Affordable Care Act, goes into effect. It is one of the largest expansions of the social welfare state in decades.

  
• 2009
  Government reverses a 30-year-old policy for phasing out Nuclear Power, saying new reactors are needed to flight climate change and ensure energy.

  
• 2015
  United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations and reopened embassies in each capitals.

  
• 2010
  WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange, is taken into custody after Sweden asks for his extradition.

  
• 2016
  Donald Trump wins the presidential election, defeating Hillary Clinton causing one of the biggest political upsets in history.

  
• 2018
  The Swedish Academy cancelled the Nobel Prize for Literature after several high-profile resignations emerged over sexual abuse accusations by one of its members.

  
• 2017
  President Donald Trump and his administration recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced embassy move.