Events in the year 1739 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

*6 June - Battle of Jakobshavn ( Greenland). The battle led to the consolidation of Danish-Norwegian presence on Greenland. *Public schools for all children, from the age of seven, are established by law. * Christian Rantzau is deposed as Steward of Norway, and the position was vacant until

1750 Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. Events January–March * January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...

Arts and literature

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Nordlands Trompet ''Nordlands Trompet'' is a tributary poem by Norwegian priest and poet Petter Dass, praising the nature and people of Nordland. The poem was probably written between the 1660s and 1690s, and was first published posthumously in 1739 in Norway, 1739 ...

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Petter Dass Petter Pettersen Dass (c. 1647 – 17 August 1707) was a Lutheran priest and the foremost Norwegian poet of his generation, writing both baroque hymns and topographical poetry. Biography He was born at Northern Herøy (Dønna), Nordland, No ...

is published posthumously.

Births

*10 August –

Peder Aadnes Peder Pedersen Aadnes (10 August 1739 – 20 June 1792) was a Norwegian rural painter. Aadnes was born in Odnes in Fluberg. Unusually for a rural painter, he chose typical upper-class subjects for his repertoire. He decorated churches, farm inte ...

, rural painter (died 1792).

Full date missing

Nicolai Benjamin Aall Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739–1798) was a Norwegian businessman, ship-owner, property owner and timber merchant.

, landowner and timber merchant (died 1798).

Deaths

*1 December –

Hartvig Jentoft Hartvig Hansen Jentoft (1693 – 1 December 1739) was a Norwegian tradesman and sailor. Jentoft was born in the village of Borg on the island of Vestvågøya in the present-day county of Nordland. He was the son of Hans Hansen Jentoft (d. ...

, merchant (born

1693 Events January–March * January 11 – 1693 Sicily earthquake: Mount Etna erupts, causing a devastating earthquake that affects parts of Sicily and Malta. * January 22 – A total lunar eclipse is visible across North and South Ameri ...

References

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