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1785 in Norway

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Events in the year 1785 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch: Christian VII.

Arts and literature

12 January - The first public library in Norway is opened.
Frelseren Church was built.
In an anonymous work, Christian Kølle introduced the written feminine grammatical gender in Norway.

Births

1 August - Georg Jacob Bull, jurist and politician (d.1854)

Full date unknown

Gustav Peter Blom, politician (d.1869)
Michel Nielsen Grendahl, politician (d.1849)
Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (d.1862)

Deaths

29 December - Johan Herman Wessel, poet (b.1742)

References

Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". Norsk nettleksikon.
John Ansteinsson, "The Library History of Norway", ''The Library Journal'' 45 (1920) 19-24, 57-62, [https://books.google.com/books?id=c8XgAAAAMAAJ&dq=Carl+Deichman&pg=PA22 p. 22].
Borgen, Per Otto. (2006). "Kølle, Christian". Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie.

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