Events in the year 1771 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 the ...
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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Christian VII
Christian VII (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808) was a monarch of the House of Oldenburg who was King of Denmark–Norway and Duke of Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig and Duchy of Holstein, Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808. For his motto ...
Events
*8 February -
Jacob Benzon
Jacob Benzon (31 October 1688 – 25 November 1775) was a Danish nobleman, civil servant and Governor-general of Norway.
Benzon's career began as a court junker at the Royal Danish Cavalry Academy in Copenhagen 1704–06. He held various stat ...
is deposed as
Steward of Norway, and the position was vacant until
1809
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The Treaty of the Dardanelles, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire, is concluded.
* January 10 – Peninsular War – French Marshal Jean ...
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Arts and literature
* December - The first theatre in Norway is founded by
Martin Nürenbach in Oslo; it is dissolved in 1772.
Full date unknown
* The song ''«
Norges Skaal
''Norges Skaal'' ( en, Norway’s Toast) was written in 1771 by Johan Nordahl Brun in Copenhagen during the period when Norway was in a personal union with Denmark, as a drinking song for the Norwegian literary society in Copenhagen.
“Norges ...
»'' is written by
Johan Nordahl Brun.
Births
*22 February –
Jørgen Aall, ship-owner and politician (died
1833)
*3 April –
Hans Nielsen Hauge
Hans Nielsen Hauge (3 April 1771 – 29 March 1824) was a 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran lay minister, spiritual leader, business entrepreneur, social reformer and author. He led a noted Pietism revival known as the Haugean movement. Hauge is als ...
, revivalist lay preacher and writer (died
1824)
*30 May –
Ole Olsen Amundrød, farmer, schoolteacher and politician (died
1835
Events
January–March
* January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist.
* January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history. ...
)
*8 August -
Andreas Aagaard Kiønig, judge and politician (died
1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
)
*20 August –
Jonas Greger Walnum
Jonas Greger Walnum (20 August 1771 – 10 March 1838) was a Norwegian property owner and politician.
Walnum was born at Steigen in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Ole Henriksen Walnum (1740-1773) and Else Marie Greger (1746-1812). He inher ...
, politician (died
1838)
Deaths
See also
{{Year in Europe, 1772