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    Johan Björnsson Printz (July 20, 1592 – May 3, 1663) was governor from 1643 until 1653 of the Swedish colony of New Sweden on the Delaware River in North...
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    Sweden under governor Johan Björnsson Printz. During 1644, Johan Papegoja was married to Armegott Printz, the daughter of Governor Printz. The marriage was...
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    later. The colony expanded along the river under the leadership of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor from 1643 to 1653. They established Fort Nya Elfsborg...
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    in Governor Printz Park in Essington, Pennsylvania, was the home of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden. In 1643, Johan Printz moved his capital...
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  • Printz is a surname and may refer to: Armegot Printz (1625–1695), Swedish noblewoman, daughter of Johan Björnsson Printz David Printz (born 1980), Swedish...
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    Swedes Erik Björnsson, 9th century semi-legendary Swedish king Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden from 1643 to 1653 Olof (II) Björnsson, 10th century...
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  • Armegot Printz (1625–1695) was a Swedish noble. She was the daughter of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden, and she married her father's successor...
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    there. As of 2018, Jönköping has a total population of 139,222. Johan Björnsson Printz, (1592–1663) governor of the Swedish colony of New Sweden Carl Peter...
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  • is today Trenton, New Jersey and Morrisville Pennsylvania. When Johan Björnsson Printz took over as governor of New Sweden, Ridder returned to Sweden to...
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    Swedish colonial Governor Johan Björnsson Printz administered the colony of New Sweden from 1643 to 1653. He was succeeded by Johan Classon Risingh, the last...
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    English colonists' buildings. A Swedish court under Swedish Governor Johan Björnsson Printz convicted Lamberton of "trespassing, conspiring with the Indians...
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  • under the terms of the Second Treaty of Westminster. Joris Andringa Johan Björnsson Printz List of colonial governors of Delaware List of colonial governors...
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  • Lawrence Lock and Armgard Papagoya, the daughter of former Governor Johan Björnsson Printz. The group managed to secure firearms and gunpowder before the English...
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  • 1591 – Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (d. 1643) 1592 – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (d. 1663) 1601 – Robert Wallop, English...
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  • Christina to the Schuylkill River. New Sweden's best known governor, Johan Björnsson Printz, moved his residence to what is now Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania...
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    Beversreede, in what is now Wilmington, Delaware. In 1644, Governor Johan Björnsson Printz built Fort Nya Vasa where the Great Minquas Path crossed Cobbs Creek...
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    Fort Nassau on the Delaware River that challenged New Sweden's Johan Björnsson Printz in 1644 or 1645, and wrote a report on conditions of the Swedes...
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    founded in 1638, rose to its height under governor Johan Björnsson Printz (1643–1653). Led by Printz, the settlement extended as far north as Fort Christina...
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    founded in 1638, rose to its height under governor Johan Björnsson Printz (1643–53). Led by Printz, the settlement extended along both side of the Delaware...
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    the New Sweden colony, under the rule of Royal Governor Johan Björnsson Printz. Governor Printz built his manor house, The Printzhof, on Tinicum Island...
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    purchased land along the kill from indigenous Lenape. Shortly after Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden, arrived in the colony in 1643, he instructed...
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    duchess consort of Parma (b. 1635) May 3 – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (b. 1592) May 6 – Johan van Rensselaer, Dutch noble (b. 1625) May...
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    Sweden Governor Johan Björnsson Printz established Fort Nya Gothenburg, the first European settlement in Pennsylvania, on Tinicum Island. Printz also built...
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    July 10 – Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) July 20 – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (d. 1663) August 1 – François le Métel de...
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    Nelson, Marie Clark (translator) The Rise and Fall of New Sweden: Governor Johan Risingh's Journal 1654–1655 in Its Historical Context. (Stockholm, Sweden:...
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  • Events from the year 1643 in Sweden Monarch – Christina Johan Björnsson Printz was appointed governor of the Swedish colony of New Sweden until 1653. 13...
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  • duchess consort of Parma (b. 1635) May 3 – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (b. 1592) May 6 – Johan van Rensselaer, Dutch noble (b. 1625) May...
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  • July 10 – Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) July 20 – Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (d. 1663) August 1 – François le Métel de...
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    Horn, Count of Pori, soldier and politician (died 1657) July 20 - Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (died 1663) 29 December - Johannes Matthiae...
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  • veteran minister, John Campanius. He was based at a church built by Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden on Tinicum Island. At the start of his ministry...
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