Events in the year

1683 Events January–March * January 5 – The Brandenburger Gold Coast, Brandenburger—African Company, of the German state of Brandenburg, signs a treaty with representatives of the Ahanta people, Ahanta tribe (in what is now Ghan ...

in Norway.

Incumbents

* Monarch:

Christian V Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree ...

Events

Christiansfjell Fortress Christiansfjeld Fortress is a historic fort located in the town of Elverum which is located in Elverum Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. History The fortress was built on a hill on the east side of the river Glomma as one of several mili ...

was built.

Arts and literature

Births

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*23 March –

Anna Krefting Anna Paulsdatter Krefting née Vogt (1683-1766), was a Norwegian businesswoman who ran and expanded her family's business enterprises in and around Christiania for over 50 years. Among these enterprises were mines and ironworks, forestry, and trad ...

, businesswoman (d.

1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...

). *5 July –

Peder Colbjørnsen Peder Colbjørnsen (5 July 1683 – 17 March 1738) was a Norwegian timber merchant and war hero. Colbjørnsen was born at the Sørum vicarage at Romerike in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of parish priest Colbjørn Torstensen Arneberg (1 ...

, timber merchant and war hero (d.

1738 Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escape ...

). *3 November – Iver Elieson, merchant (died

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 returns ...

). * Erik Bredal, governor (d.c 1741) *

Peter Bredal Peter Christian Bredal ( rus, Пётр Петрович Бредаль, Pyotr Petrovich Bredal) (1683–1756) was a Norwegians, Norwegian vice admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy. References

1683 births 1756 deaths Imperial Russian Navy ...

, vice admiral (d.

1756 Events January–March * January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Kingdom of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain. *February 7 & ...

)

Deaths

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