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