Notable Deaths... King Gustav III of Sweden: Gustavs fate was sealed when he chose to ignore an anonymous death threat received during dinner in Stockholm. Rather than flee, he instead strode into a glittering masked ball and found himself surrounded by assassins. When Jacob Johan Anckarström pulled the trigger on a gun loaded with balls, nails and scraps of iron, the weapon discharged into the kings back, wounding him seriously. Gustav lived and, with medical care, continued to serve as head of state. In fact, he was never to regain his health and within days the wound had become infected and the kings condition began to deteriorate rapidly and Gustavs weakened condition left him easy prey to pneumonia. On 29th March 1792 Gustavs life finally reached its final hours and with his dying breath he murmured, A few moments rest would do me good. Those were his final words
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:30:29 +0000
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