When Christina Pettersdotter was born on 21 August 1831, in Håbol, Älvsborg, Sweden, her father, Petter Svensson, was 46 and her mother, Anna Svensdotter, was 44. She died in her hometown, and was buried in Håbol, Älvsborg, Sweden.
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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.
The Swedish krona replaced the Swedish riksdaler as the national currency in 1873.
Simplified form of Latin Christiana, feminine form of Christianus ( see Christian ), or a Latinized form of Middle English Christin ‘Christian’ (Old English christen, from Latin).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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