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1789 in Norway

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Events in the year 1789 in Norway.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

  • 20 February – Hanging as a capital punishment was abolished.
  • July – The flood Storofsen struck eastern Norway.
  • 9 July – Theater War part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790): Denmark-Norway agreed to cease active engagement in the conflict. A statement of neutrality was issued by Denmark-Norway, not a formal peace treaty and Denmark-Norway leaves the war.
  • 17 July:
    • The town of Hammerfest was founded.
    • The town of Vardø was founded.
  • 12 November – The Norwegian army retreated from Bohuslen back to Norway. During the retreat, the Norwegian army lost 1,500-3,000 men to hunger, disease, poor sanitary conditions, and exposure to continual autumn rainfall

Births

  • 29 January - Fredrik Riis, civil servant (d.1845)
  • 19 March Peter Christian Knudtzon, businessman (died 1864)
  • 2 November - Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg, courtier (d.1849)

Full date unknown

  • Ole Johannesen Staff, politician

Deaths

  • 1 August - Peder Hjort, businessperson (born 1715)

Full date unknown

  • Eric Gustaf Tunmarck, painter (born 1729).

References

References

  1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". Norsk nettleksikon.
  2. Mardal, Marius A.. "Storofsen". Norsk nettleksikon.
  3. Sørensen, Einar. "Eric Gustaf Tunmarck". Kunnskapsforlaget.
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