Finnish War
Finland passes from Sweden to Russia
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The last war between Russia and Sweden ended with the Treaty of Fredrikshamn: Sweden ceded Finland and the Åland Islands to Russia. At the Diet of Porvoo in 1809 Alexander I promised to uphold Finnish laws, and the Grand Duchy of Finland became autonomous within the Russian Empire.
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- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (aged 59)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (aged 39)
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- James Watt (aged 72)
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