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On This Day Facts - 13th March

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 13th   On This Day in 1809, King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden wet his bed after having one of the weirdest dreams of his life.   It all started when Lieutenant Colonel Georg (without an "e") Adlersparre decided he wanted to rebel against the King of Sweden, who was too busy putting up flat-pack furniture to run the kingdom properly.   The king got wind of the rebellion initiated by Georg-No-E and had plans to holiday in the Caribbean. He changed those plans on advice from Donald Trump who thought he should grab an army and fight back.   The King and Donald-He-Is-A-Friend-Of-Mine-Trump arranged to travel to Scania to meet up with loyal troops with really big guns. Guns, shooty-shooty guns. Bang bang. Guns Guns.   Unfortunately the king made arrangements for travel a day too late. He went to sleep, content he'd be with some hunky soldiers with massive guns the following day.   During the night, he w...