Events in the year 1743 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, ...

Events

*3-11 December - The Great Flood of 1743.

Arts and literature

Births

*25 November –

Jochum Brinch Lund Jochum Brinch Lund (25 November 1743, in Farsund – 16 September 1807, in Farsund) was a Norwegian merchant, shipowner and industrial pioneer. He is also regarded as the founder of the town of Farsund. Not much is known about Jochum Brinch Lund' ...

, merchant (d.

1807 Events January–March * January 7 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies. * January 20 – The Sierra Leone Company, faced with b ...

Full date unknown

Ole Rødder Ole Rødder (1743–1806) was Norwegian violinist. He became the first paid musician of Bergen's '' Musikselskabet Harmonien'' in 1783, serving as concertmaster of the orchestra, which later became the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra The Ber ...

, violinist (d.

1806 Events January–March * January 1 ** The French Republican Calendar is abolished. ** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. * January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall ...

Deaths

*15 April – Eiler Hagerup d.e., bishop (born

1685 Events January–March * January 6 – American-born British citizen Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University in the U.S. is named, completes his term as the first leader of the Madras Presidency in India, administering the colony ...

). *14 September – Georg von Bertouch, composer and military officer (born

1668 Events January–March * January 23 – The Triple Alliance (1668), Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed between Kingdom of England, England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic, United Provinces of the Netherlands. * February 13 &ndash ...

References

{{Year in Europe, 1743