Events in the year 1737 in Norway.

Incumbents

Christian VI Christian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he is considered one of Denmark-Norway's more anonymous kings, bu ...

Events

Arts and literature

Births

*21 February – Christen Heiberg, civil servant, County Governor of Finnmark (d. 1801). *22 April –

Reier Gjellebøl Reier Gjellebøl (22 April 1737 – 24 November 1803) was a Norwegian priest and writer. He was born at Høland in Akershus. He took matriculation exam at Copenhagen in 1755. Then he continued his study of theology. He was first a teacher in De ...

, priest and writer (died

1803 Events * January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris. * January 5 – William Symington demonstrates his ...

). *28 May – Mathia Collett, merchant and businessperson (died

1801 Events January–March * January 1 ** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...

Deaths

*19 May – Niels Knagenhielm, civil servant, land owner and non-fiction writer (born

1661 Events January–March * January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them. * January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a British ...

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