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1763 In Norway
Events in the year 1763 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Frederick V. Events *Bergenhus amt was divided in two, creating the following amt – Nordre Bergenhus amt and Søndre Bergenhus amt. Arts and literature *25 May – The first newspaper in Norway ("Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler") published its first issue. Births *24 January – Peder von Cappelen, merchant and politician (d. 1837). Full date unknown *Johan Andreas Altenburg, merchant and shipowner (died 1824) *Jens Esmark, mountain climber and professor of mineralogy (died 1839) *Diderik Hegermann, politician and Minister (died 1835) Deaths *18 May - Anders Daae, priest and landowner (born 1680 Events January–March * January 2 – King Amangkurat II of Mataram (located on the island of Java, part of modern-day Indonesia), invites Trunajaya, who had led a failed rebellion against him until his surrender on December ...) See also References {{Year in Europe, 1763 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Andreas Altenburg
Johan Andreas Altenburg (1763–1824) was a Norwegian merchant and shipowner. He belonged to the patriciate of the port town of Skien and was the maternal grandfather of playwright and theatre director Henrik Ibsen. Biography Altenburg was born at Lille Ulefos, in Telemark, Norway. He was the son of sawmill manager Diderik Altenburg (1719–1766) and Marichen Johansdatter Barth (1737–1769). His parents died early. After the death of his father, his mother was married in 1767 to Engebreth Christopher Blom Bertelsen Bomhoff (1737–1800). After his mother's subsequent death, he and his siblings lived with their stepfather. Johan Altenburg was originally a ship's captain, but stopped sailing at a relatively young age. Altenburg ran a lumber trade, owned several ships, a farm and a large brewery in the community of Bratsberg. He owned Altenburggården, a large manor in the center of Skien, where he lived with his family, and also owned one of Århusgårdene outside Skien, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Daae (priest)
Anders Daae (December 20, 1680 – May 18, 1763) was a Norwegian priest and landowner. Life Daae was born in Trondheim, the son of Jonas Edvardsen (a.k.a. Jon Effuertsen, died 1683 or 1688), a townsman of Trondheim. Jonas Edvardsen did not use the surname ''Daae''. After Jonas Edvardsen died, Simon Hoff, the chancellor of the cathedral school in Trondheim, served as Daae's guardian. The origin of ''Daae'', the surname he adopted, is unknown or uncertain. Daae's mother was Kiersten Jensdatter (died 1683). Anders Daae is believed to have started using the surname ''Daae'' after he was admitted to the University of Copenhagen. Daae was indigent when he graduated. In Copenhagen he lived in Regentzen, a building for poor students. After he took his theology exam, he spent two years as a private tutor for a bailiff in Nordmøre, and then he traveled back to Copenhagen in 1705 with the hope of receiving a clerical position. Daae served as a provost and the parish priest at Vik in Sog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1835 In Norway
Events in the year 1835 in Norway. Incumbents * Monarch: Charles III John Events * 5 November - Christiania Offentlige Theater burns down. * 29 November – Population Census: Norway had 1,194,827 inhabitants. Arts and literature Births *15 May – Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (d.1916) Full date unknown *Baard Madsen Haugland, politician (d.1896) * Olaf Isaachsen, painter (d.1893) *Nils Trondsen Thune, politician * August Weenaas, Lutheran minister, founding President of Augsburg University in the USA (d.1924) Deaths *24 March – Ole Olsen Amundrød, farmer, schoolteacher and politician (b. 1771) *8 August – Jørgen Mandix, judge (b. 1759). *15 September – Henrik Carstensen, businessman, timber merchant and shipowner (b. 1753 Events January–March * January 3 – King Binnya Dala of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom orders the burning of Ava, the former capital of the Kingdom of Burma. * January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diderik Hegermann
Diderik Hegermann (6 December 1763 – 7 February 1835) was a military officer and government minister of Norway. He served as a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. Biography Diderik Hegermann was born at Altona in Schleswig-Holstein. In accordance with family tradition, he chose a military career. He became a cadet in 1776 and served as a Sergeant until 1786. He became a Lieutenant in 1786 in the Corps of Cadets in Copenhagen. In 1790, he was appointed Captain. In 1800, he was promoted to Major and appointed commander on the War School in Christiania (now Oslo). In 1808, he became Lieutenant Colonel and from 1812 he was commander of Oppland Infantry Regiment. Hegermann served as Colonel during the Swedish–Norwegian War (1814). He led the defense at the Battle of Langnes. Diderik Hegermann represented the Oppland infantry Regiment (''Oplandske Infanterie Regement'') at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvold in 1814. He was a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1839 In Norway
Events in the year 1839 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles III John. Events Arts and literature * Det Dramatiske Selskab in Hammerfest was founded. Births *25 March – Frederik Collett, painter (d.1914). *7 June – Karl Ditlev Rygh, archaeologist and politician (d.1915) *12 June – Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (d.1888) *23 December – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (died 1916). Full date unknown *Walter Scott Dahl, politician and Minister (d.1906) *Ole Falck Ebbell, architect (d.1919) *Lars Knutson Liestøl, politician and Minister (d.1912) Deaths *10 June – Jacob Munch, painter and military officer (b.1776) *2 December – Andreas Landmark, politician (b.1769) Full date unknown *Jens Esmark, mountain climber and professor of mineralogy (born 1763) * Peder Tonning, politician (born 1782) * Lars Larsen Forsæth, farmer and politician (born 1759 In Great Britain, this year was known as the ''Annus Mirabil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Esmark
Jens Esmark (31 January 1763 – 26 January 1839) was a Danish-Norwegian professor of mineralogy who contributed to many of the initial discoveries and conceptual analyses of glaciers, specifically the concept that glaciers had covered larger areas in the past. Biography Jens Esmark was born in Houlbjerg in Århus, Denmark. Esmark moved to Norway to the silver mining community of Kongsberg. He studied at the local mining academy. He completed his subsequent studies in Copenhagen and was accepted as a surveyor. Starting in 1797, Esmark was employed as a lecturer in mineralogy at the Kongsberg Mining Academy. In 1814, Esmark became Norway's first professor of geology as a professor of geology at the University of Oslo, and was described as "a pioneer in glacial geology", by professor of Quaternary geology and Glaciology Bjørn G. Andersen. In 1798, Esmark was the first person to ascend Snøhetta, highest in the mountain range Dovrefjell in southern Norway. The same year he l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1824 In Norway
Events in the year 1824 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles III John. Events Arts and literature Births *24 January – Aslak Hætta, Sami leader, executed (d.1854) *24 August – Niels Mathias Rye, politician (d.1905) *4 October – Morten Diderik Emil Lambrechts, jurist and politician (d.1900) *10 December – Aasta Hansteen, painter, writer, and early feminist (d.1908) Full date unknown *Henrik Laurentius Helliesen, politician and Minister (d.1900) *Johan Jørgen Schwartz, politician and businessperson (d.1898) Deaths *13 March – Carsten Anker, businessman, civil servant and politician (born 1747) *29 March – Hans Nielsen Hauge, revivalist lay preacher and writer (born 1771) *15 May – Johan Michael Lund, lawyer and Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1753) *8 October - Frants Philip Hopstock, priest (born 1746 *2 November – Jens Jensen Gram, jurist and politician (born 1779). *10 December – Peder Anker, businessman and politician (born 1749) Full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1837 In Norway
Events in the year 1837 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles III John Events *14 January – Formannskapsdistrikt was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan. Arts and literature *Strömberg Theatre re-opened under the name Christiania Theatre. Births *8 February – Elise Aubert, novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer (d. 1909). *18 February – Johannes Bergh, barrister (d. 1906). *16 March – Hassa Horn Sr., civil servant (d. 1921) *25 March – Lauritz Jenssen, businessperson and politician (d.1899) *19 April – Fredrik Meltzer Wallem, journalist and writer (d. 1922) *20 April – Georg Ossian Sars, marine biologist (d.1927) *11 May – Lorentz Severin Skougaard, singer (d. 1885) *14 July – Hermann Hansen Aarsrud, politician (d. 1927). *27 July – Ole Vollan, educator, editor and politician (d.1907) *18 August – Marcus Pløen Ingstad, jurist and educator (d. 1918) *5 September – Vincent Stolte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Norwegian Monarchs
The list of Norwegian monarchs ( no, kongerekken or ''kongerekka'') begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father. Named after the homonymous geographical region, Harald's realm was later to be known as the Kingdom of Norway. Traditionally established in 872 and existing continuously for over 1,100 years, the Kingdom of Norway is one of the original states of Europe: King Harald V, who has reigned since 1991, is the 64th monarch according to the official list. During interregna, Norway has been ruled by variously titled regents. Several royal dynasties have possessed the Throne of the Kingdom of Norway: the more prominent include the Fairhair dynasty (872–970), the House of Sverre (1184–1319), and the House of Oldenburg (1450–1481, 1483–1533, 1537–1814, and from 1905) including branches Holstein-Gottorp (1814–1818) and Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Von Cappelen
Peder von Cappelen (24 January 1763 – 11 March 1837) was a Norwegian merchant and politician. He was involved in timber trade and owner of ironworks, and a member of the Parliament of Norway. Personal life Peder von Cappelen was born and raised at Mæla Manor in Gjerpen (''Mæla gård i Gjerpen'') in the municipality of Skien in Telemark, Norway. He was one of the sons of the wholesaler, timber merchant and ship owner Diderich von Cappelen (1734–1794) and his first wife Petronelle Pedersdatter Juel (1737–1785). He was the brother of Diderik von Cappelen and Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen. Career Cappelen attended Kingswood boarding school in Bristol, England (1780-1781). He received a business education both abroad and at the extensive family businesses in Telemark. He settled as a wholesaler at Strømsø in Drammen during 1784. He purchased the trading facilities at Cappelengården from Peter Collett in 1784. He also acquired Austad farm through marriage. He had a sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler
''Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler'' is a List of defunct newspapers of Norway, former Norwegian newspaper issued in Oslo from 1763 to 1920. It was the first newspaper in Norway, and its first issue came out on 25 May 1763. The founder and first publisher of ''Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler'' was Printer (publisher), printer Samuel Conrad Schwach, who edited the newspaper until his death in 1781. In the beginning, the publication was a weekly magazine. Its content was mainly advertisements and entertaining articles. The newspaper was called ''Christiania Intelligenssedler'' from 1807 to 1893. Beginning in 1814 it started covering political events by publishing articles from various contributors. Starting in 1830, it became a daily publication. The publication was bought by the orphanage ''Christiania Opfostringshus'' in 1815. This institution was given special privileges by the government in 1816, related to printing of official notices. Announcements regarding the city Christiania were n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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