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Title: Today in History | Gustav III of Sweden Dies of Infected Gunshot Wound (1792)
Post by: TFD on Mar 29, 2011, 08:05 AM
(http://img.thefreedictionary.com/thumb/c/c7/Gustavo-III%2c-Rey-de-Suecia_1777-by-Roslin.JPG) Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792. Having inherited a weakened Swedish throne, he established a new constitution that increased the crown's power. His numerous enlightened reforms antagonized the nobility, and when a group of Swedish officers mutinied during his unpopular war on Russia, he reinstated absolute monarchy. Gustav planned to form a league of European monarchs to oppose the French Revolution, but Swedish nobles had him assassinated.

Where was Gustav when he was shot?



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