When Sissa Gudmundsdotter was born on 5 January 1774, in Hjärnarp, Bjäre, Kristianstad, Sweden, her father, Gudmund Olsson, was 29 and her mother, Hanna Persdotter, was 30.
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Sweden declared independence. Constitutional monarchy established. Russia took Aland Island group from Sweden.
Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden.
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.
Short form of Melissa . See also Lyssa .
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