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1795 In Norway
Events in the year 1795 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Christian VII. Events *28 January - The town of Farsund is founded. Arts and literature * Old Åsane Church was built. Births *23 March - Bernt Michael Holmboe, mathematician (d.1850) *7 November - Hans Riddervold, bishop and politician (d.1876) *2 December - Hans Nicolai Lange, priest and politician (d.1848) Full date unknown *Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen, jurist and politician (d.1866) *Mensen Ernst, road runner and ultramarathoner (d.1843) * Christopher Simonsen Fougner, politician (d.1869) * Hans Andersen Kiær, businessperson and politician (d.1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...) Deaths See also References {{Reflist ... [...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] |
Hans Nicolai Lange
Hans Nicolai Lange (2 December 1795 – 24 December 1848) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Biography He was born at Jevnaker in Oppland, Norway. He was the son of Johan Jørgen Lange (1754-1814) and Dorothea Helena Larsen (1771-1824). He father was a parish priest. Lange had five siblings. He was the elder brother of politicians Otto Vincent Lange and Ulrik Frederik Lange, brother-in-law of Nils Landmark and Even Hanssen and uncle of Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen. In 1825 he married Anna Rebekka Blix (1799-1874). They had no children. He was the first teacher at the Bragernes borgerskole in Drammen, working there from 1825–1846. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839. Hans Nicolai Lange — Norwegian Social Science Data Serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Andersen Kiær
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device *Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script See also *Han (other) *Hans im Glück, a Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 In Norway
Events in the year 1869 in Norway. Incumbents *List of Norwegian monarchs, Monarch: Charles XV of Sweden, Charles IV. Events *14 August – Charles Wilhelm Thesen leaves Norway in his 117-ton schooner ''Albatros'', loaded with timber to sell in New Zealand. *16 November – Charles Wilhelm Thesen arrives in Cape Town. After bad weather delays his onward journey, he decides to stay in South Africa. Arts and literature *3 April – Edvard Grieg's ''Piano Concerto (Grieg), Piano Concerto in A minor'' receives its première in Copenhagen, played by Edmund Neupert, with Holger Simon Paulli conducting. Births January to June *18 February – Johan Hjort, fisheries scientist, marine zoologist and oceanographer (died 1948 in Norway, 1948) *23 March – Waldemar Ager, newspaperman and author in America (died 1941 in Norway, 1941) *1 April – Peter Egge, writer (died 1959 in Norway, 1959) *11 April – Gustav Vigeland, sculptor (died 1943 in Norway, 1943) *5 May – Hjalmar Christen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Simonsen Fougner
Christopher Simonsen Fougner (1795–1869) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1836, 1839, 1842, 1845 and 1851, representing the rural constituency Buskeruds Amt). He was the mayor of Hole A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in many fields of en ... from 1840 to 1848. He owned the farm Stein at Ringerike, and worked as a farmer in Hole. References 1795 births 1869 deaths People from Hole, Norway Norwegian farmers Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Buskerud {{Norway-politician-1790s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 In Norway
Events in the year 1843 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles III John Events *14 September – 2/3 of the town of Egersund burns down. Arts and literature Births *5 January – Jørgen Christian Knudsen, ship-owner and politician (b.1922) *8 January – Johan Jeremiassen, ship-owner, consul and politician (d.1889) *2 February – Knute Nelson, Governor of Minnesota from 1893 till 1895 and United States Senator from Minnesota from 1895 till 1923. (d. 1923) *9 April – Canute R. Matson, Norwegian American Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois at the time of the Haymarket Square Riot (d. 1903) *15 June – Edvard Grieg, composer and pianist (d.1907) *18 August – Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician (d.1920) *4 October – Christopher Knudsen, priest, politician and Minister (d.1915) *8 October – Kitty Lange Kielland, painter (d.1914) *31 October – Oscar Nissen, physician, newspaper editor and politician (d.1911) Full date unknown *Axel Gudbrand Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mensen Ernst
Mensen Ernst (1795 – 22 January 1843) was born as Mons Monsen Øyri, in the summer of 1795 in the village of Fresvik along the Sognefjord, in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. He was a road runner and ultramarathonist and one of the first sport professionals and employed as a courier. He made his living running, mainly through placing bets on himself being able to run a certain distance within a period of time. Trips He was reputed to have run about from Paris to Moscow. It took him 14 days starting on 11 June 1832—averaging over a day. On a later trip, from Istanbul to Calcutta and back again, lasting 59 days, he ran per day. On his trips he took very little rest and never slept on a bed. When he did rest it was short naps, between ten and fifteen minutes at a time, and he took them standing or leaning against a tree with a handkerchief over his face.https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87068192/1891-05-21/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_681x648 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 In Norway
Events in the year 1866 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Charles IV Events * 5 March – The official inauguration of the Parliament of Norway Building ( no, Stortingsbygningen). Arts and literature *Erika Nissen, pianist, makes her concert debut in Berlin Births January to June *5 January – Johan Gjøstein, educator, newspaper editor and politician (died 1935) *21 January – Olaus Alvestad, educator and newspaper editor (died 1903) *15 March – Johan Vaaler, inventor (died 1910) *25 April – Aasulv Olsen Bryggesaa, politician and Minister (died 1922) *29 April – Kristian Prestgard, editor of ''Decorah-Posten'' (died 1946) *10 May – Thorolf Holmboe, painter (died 1935) *24 June – Peter Karl Holmesland, jurist and politician (died 1933) July to December *29 July – Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, architect (died 1926) *12 August – Johan Opsahl, politician *2 September – August Herman Halvorsen, politician (died 1929) *13 September – Ole Østmo, rifle shoot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen
Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen (1795–1866) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. Personal life Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen was the first child of Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen (1770–1820) and his wife Benedicte Henrikke, née Aall (1772–1812).Frednesalléen 1 in ''Eidanger–Porsgrund'', by Finn C. Knudsen (1932). Hosted by Porsgrunn public library. His namesake and maternal grandfather was Nicolai Benjamin Aall. As such his group of uncles included Constitutional founding fathers |
1848 In Norway
Events in the year 1848 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar I. Events * Ålesund received city rights. * 10–12 March – March riots: after the newspaper ''Morgenbladet'' publishes news of the French Revolution of 1848, some 100 youths gather to make catcalls outside the house of the newspaper's editor, Adolf Bredo Stabell, in Christiania. Counter-demonstrations, in support of the French revolution and against a local ban on trade on Sundays, involved up to 3–4,000 people and led to clashes with the police and the military. Some 70 people were arrested. * 21 May – Fatal accident in Vanse Church where eight people were killed and several were injured. The accident occurred when there arose panic in the crowded church and several people were trampled to death. * 27 December – Marcus Thrane founded Drammens arbeiderforening (Drammen Labour Union). *Christiania Bank was founded. * Fred. Olsen & Co. was founded. Arts and literature * '' Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1876 In Norway
Events in the year 1876 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Oscar II Events *22 February - Sofie Johannesdotter was beheaded by axe for trifold murder, she was the last woman to be executed in Norway. *25 February - Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen was beheaded by axe for murder, it was witnessed by estimated 2,500 spectators, it was the last public execution in Norway. Arts and literature Births January to June *8 January – Nils Tveit, politician (died 1949) *23 March – Nils Erik Flakstad, businessperson and politician (died 1939) *22 April – Ole Edvart Rølvaag, novelist and professor in America (died 1931) *9 May – Johan Arndt, politician (died 1933) *18 May – Thorvald Astrup, architect (died 1940) *11 June – Christen Gran Bøgh, jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic (died 1955) July to December *22 August – Christen Wiese, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968) *16 September – Albert Helgerud, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist ... [...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] |
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