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People: William Hamilton
Topic: Stockholm Bloodbath
Location: Málaga Andalucia Spain

Stockholm Bloodbath

Years: 1520 - 1520

The Stockholm Bloodbath, or the Stockholm massacre, takes place as the result of a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under the command of King Christian II.

The bloodbath itself is a series of events taking place between November 7–9 1520, climaxing on November 8, when around eighty to ninety people (mostly nobility and clergy supporting the Sture party) are executed, despite a promise by King Christian for general amnesty.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)