April - Duke John returns home from England with a negative reply to the proposal of Crown Prince Eric to Elizabeth I of England.
1 July - The dying king makes his formal farewell to the public.
June 12 — Gustav Vasa, by his decree, resettled several hundred residents of the city of Borgo (in Finnish — Porvoo) at the mouth of the Vantaa River flowing into the Gulf of Finland, ordering the construction of a commercial port. The river with the local name Helsing had several rapids — in Swedish "force", which gave the name of the settlement — Helsingfors.[citation needed]
29 September - Gustav Vasa dies and is succeeded by Eric XIV.
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29 September - Gustav I, monarch (born 1496). After having suffered from declining health throughout the 1550s, Gustav ultimately died on September 29, 1560, at Tre Kronor castle, Stockholm. Gustav is renowned as the founder of modern Sweden.
References
^Hadenius, Stig, Nilsson, Torbjörn & Åselius, Gunnar, Sveriges historia: vad varje svensk bör veta, Bonnier Alba, Stockholm, 1996