When Margreta Svensdotter was born on 12 January 1836, in Ripa, Åhus, Kristianstad, Sweden, her father, Swen Mattson, was 25 and her mother, Hanna Olsdotter, was 21. She married Jöns Nilsson on 6 November 1858, in Kristianstad, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 12 July 1860, in Sweden, at the age of 24.
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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.
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Stockholm.
From the Latin form of Greek Margarītēs. See Margaret .
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