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| 1734 |
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| Swedish law was codified and the national and city laws combined (the landslag and stadslag). | 1 |
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| 1738 |
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| Horne was overthrown by Count Gyllenborg and the Hats, who favored mercantilism and pro-French policies, coming from the western part of the country and Stockholm. The Hats remained in power until 1766. | 2 |
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| 1738 Ff |
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| The Hats pursued more ambitious mercantilist policies than the Caps had. The former set up a Manufacturing Office (1739), increased tariffs, and gave industries certain privileges. | 3 |
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| 1741 |
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| Ulrika Eleonora died childless, thus forcing the issue of succession. Russia and Denmark both made demands for successors favorable to their respective interests. | 4 |
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| 1741–43 |
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| War against Russia, provoked by the Hats. Sweden ceded to Russia more territory in Finland (Treaty of Äbo, Aug. 7, 1743; (See 1741–43). | 5 |
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| 1742 |
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| The four estates elected Duke Charles Peter Ulrik crown prince, but the duke became Czarina Elizabeth's heir at the same time. | 6 |
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| 1743, June |
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| Economic hardship and the questions of succession caused a peasant uprising. A group of peasants marched on Stockholm, terrifying residents, until they were dispersed by cannon fire. | 7 |
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| 1747 |
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| The Ironmasters' Association founded. | 8 |
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| 1751–71 |
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| ADOLPHUS FREDERICK of Oldenburg-Holstein-Gottorp, king, introduced a collateral line. Adolphus requested veto power from the estates. | 9 |
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| 1756 |
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| In the struggle over veto power, the farmers objected to buying and selling of bureaucratic offices. The king refused to sign legislation and the queen, Louisa Ulrika, planned a coup to overthrow the estates. The coup was discovered and put down; eight instigators were executed. | 10 |
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| 1766 |
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| The Caps passed the Freedom of Press Act, advanced by Anders Chydenius, which became part of the constitution. Following such legislation, the riksdag debates were published. | 11 |
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| 1767 |
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| Peter Momma's Dagliot Allenhanda became Sweden's first daily newspaper and supported the Caps. | 12 |
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