When Anna Greta Svensdotter was born on 17 January 1812, in Lunda, Södermanland, Sweden, her father, Sven Jonsson, was 25 and her mother, Greta Cajsa Andersdotter, was 23. She married Pehr Jonsson on 27 December 1835, in Lunda, Södermanland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 19 September 1890, in Stigtomta, Södermanland, Sweden, at the age of 78.
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Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
Göta Canal opened.
The March Unrest, or the Marsoroligheterna, was a series of riots in Stockholm in March 1848, due to news of the French Revolution. As a mob gathered and plundered shops on March 19, the militia fired shots and 18 deaths. The army arrived on March 21 for reinforcement and terminated any further rioting.
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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