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1784 in Norway

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1784 in Norway

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Events in the year 1784 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

  • 29 January – Joachim Geelmuyden and his family were ennobled under the name Gyldenkrantz.
  • 30 March – 18 June – The Sagbadre War, in present-day Ghana.
  • Georgernes Verft, a shipyard in Bergen, was established.
  • Jacob Juel escapes imprisonment at Akershus Castle, and flees to Sweden.

Arts and literature

Røros Church
  • Røros Church was built.

Births

  • 7 March – Svend Borchmann Hersleb, professor of theology and politician (d.1836)
  • 28 April – Jørgen von Cappelen Knudtzon, businessman and patron of the arts (d.1854)
  • 12 June – Paul Andreas Kaald, navy officer and businessman (d.1867)
  • 11 July – Olaus Michael Schmidt, judge and politician (d.1851)
  • 26 September – Christopher Hansteen, astronomer and physicist (d.1873)

Full date unknown

  • Michael Sevald Aamodt, politician (d.1859)
  • Christian Ulrik Kastrup, jurist, military officer and politician (d.1850)
  • Jørgen Herman Vogt, politician (d.1862)
  • Tørris Johnsen Worum, politician

References

References

  1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". Norsk nettleksikon.
  2. Rian, Øystein. "Jacob Juel". Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. Mardal, Magnus A.. "Jacob Juel". Norsk nettleksikon.
  4. Daae, Ludvig. (1891). "Det gamle Christiania 1624–1814". Cappelen.
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