Events in the year
1713
Events
January–March
* January 17 – Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of Albemarle County, North Carolina, in a second offensive against the Tuscarora. Heavy snows force the troops to take ref ...
in
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 t ...
.
Incumbents
*
Monarch
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:
Frederick IV
Events
*19 September -
Frederik Krag Frederik Krag (6 March 1655 – 24 September 1728) was a Danish nobleman (Baron) and senior civil servant who served kings Frederick IV and Frederick V. He was Governor-General of Norway from 1713 until 1722. He is not fondly remembered in No ...
is appointed
Vice Steward of Norway.
*Selbo Copper Works (later incorporated into
Meraker Brug
AS Meraker Brug is a company which owns of wilderness and forest estate, mostly in Meråker, Norway. Activities include forestry, cabin rental, hunting and fishing. It owns in Meråker, consisting of 96% of the municipality, in Malvik, in Stj ...
) was established.
Births
*
Johan Henrik Freithoff
Johan Henrik Freithoff (1713 – 24 June 1767) was a Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to ...
, violinist and composer (died in
1767
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...
).
Deaths
*11 April –
Anne Clausdatter
Anne Clausdatter, also known as Anne Arnold and ''Anna Clausdatter'' (born 5 June 1659 in Skien, died 11 April 1713 at Borgestad Manor) was a Norwegian landowner; owner of Borgestad Manor in Skien, one of the largest estates of Bratsberg.
Anne ...
, businesswoman and owner of
Borgestad Manor
Borgestad Manor ( no, Borgestad gård) is an estate and manor house in the municipality of Skien in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway.
History
Borgestad is located in the former parish of Gjerpen near Porsgrunn. It is one of the largest estates ...
in
Skien (born
1659
Events
January–March
* January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suff ...
)
See also
References
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