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Oscar II of Sweden
Oscar II was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.
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politics · King of Sweden (1872–1907) and Norway (1872–1905) · monarch · also Oscar II of Sweden, Oscar II, Sweden
Born 21 January 1829 · Died 8 December 1907 · Q52924
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1907· 2 entries
Died 1907-12-08.
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Was succeeded in Sweden by his eldest son, Gustaf V
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1905· 2 entries
The throne of Norway was transferred to his grandnephew Prince Carl of Denmark under the regnal name Haakon VII
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Could hardly have been attained but for the tact and patience of the king himself
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1897· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary doctor of Leiden University (1897).
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Was empowered to appoint a fifth arbitrator if necessary in the Venezuelan dispute, and he was called on to act as umpire in the Anglo-American arbitration treaty that was quashed by the United States Senate
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1889· 1 entry
Appointed the Chief Justice of Samoa under the Treaty of Berlin, and he was again called on to arbitrate in Samoan affairs in 1899
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1888· 1 entry
To a former lady-in-waiting, Ebba Munck af Fulkila, and was granted the title of Prince Bernadotte first in Sweden, and from 1892 in Luxembourg, where he also was created Count of Wisborg as an hereditary title for his m
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1887· 1 entry
Set up a contest, to be awarded on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1889, for "an important discovery in the realm of higher mathematical analysis"
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1885· 1 entry
Published his Address to the Academy of Music, and a translation of one of his essays on music appeared in Literature in May 1900
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1881· 1 entry
Founded the world's first open-air museum, at Bygdøy, located next to his summer residence near Oslo (then known as Christiania)
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1872· 3 entries
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1872).
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Career landmark: Monarch of Sweden (1872–1907).
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Career landmark: Monarch of Norway (1872–1905).
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1859· 1 entry
Prince Oscar became heir presumptive to the thrones of Sweden and Norway, as his eldest brother King Charles XV of Sweden/Charles IV of Norway was without a legitimate heir, having lost his only son, Prince Carl Oscar, D
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1858· 1 entry
A collection of his lyrical and narrative poems, Memorials of the Swedish Fleet, published anonymously, obtained the second prize of the Swedish Academy
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1856· 1 entry
Awarded honorary member of Östgöta nation in Uppsala (1856).
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1849· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1849).
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1829· 1 entry
Born 1829-01-21.
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