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1769 in Norway

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Events in the year 1769 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

  • 15 August – The first census in Denmark-Norway to attempt completely covering all citizens (including women and children who had previously been listed only as numbers) takes place. At that point, Norway had 774,000 citizens.
  • 14 September - Start of the Dano–Algerian War.
  • Maximilian Hell and his assistant János Sajnovics traveled to Vardø to observe the 1769 transit of Venus.

Births

  • 8 January — Claus Pavels, bishop (died 1822)
  • 25 February — Thomas Fasting, naval officer and government minister (died 1841)
  • 14 April — Andreas Landmark, politician (died 1839)
  • 4 May – Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm, military officer and politician (d. 1837).{{cite web |url=http://data.eidsvollsmenn.no/getperson.php?personID=I36720&tree=Eidsvollsmenn
  • 27 August – Hans Jacob Stabel, priest and politician (died 1836)

Deaths

  • 24 February – Johan von Mangelsen, military officer and businessperson (born 1694).

References

References

  1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". Norsk nettleksikon.
  2. "Statbank Denmark". Statbank.dk.
  3. Drake, Michael. ''Population and Society in Norway, 1735-1865.'' Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1969. 2. {{ISBN. 0-521-07319-7
  4. Mardal, Magnus A.. "Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm". Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Johan von Mangelsen". Kunnskapsforlaget.
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