Events in the year 1786 in
Norway.
Incumbents
*
Monarch:
Christian VII.
Events
*
The trade
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with
Iceland is opened to all
Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
and
Norwegian traders.
* 2 October -
Lofthusreisingen begins, a large peasant revolt in
South Norway.
Arts and literature
Births
*15 May -
Johan Bülow Wamberg
Johan Bülow Wamberg (15 May 1786 – 8 June 1852) was a Norwegian politician.
He was born in Hvideseid as the son of Nils Wamberg and his wife Sussanne Sophie Saxe. His father had migrated from Denmark to work as a district stipendiary magistrat ...
, politician, (d.
1852
Events
January–March
* January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic.
* January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...
)
*26 May -
Engebret Soot
Engebret Olsen Soot (26 May 1786 – 3 March 1859) was a Norwegian engineer. He was one of Norway's first canal builders and joined the timber channels at Otteid and Mangen-Grasmo. He is known as the father of the Fredrikshald Canal (now known a ...
, canal engineer (d.
1859
Events
January–March
* January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico.
* January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final u ...
)
*29 June -
Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow
Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow (29 June 1786 – 24 November 1866) was a Norwegian clergyman.
Biography
He was born at Rødøy in Nordland, Norway. He was the son of the Danish-born priest Rasmus Sundt Christensen Kjerschow (1739–1806) an ...
, bishop (d.
1866
Events January–March
* January 1
** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published.
* January 6 – Ottoman tr ...
)
Full date unknown
*
Samuel Mathiassen Føyn, ship-owner and politician (d.
1854
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''.
* January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born.
* January 9 – The Teut ...
)
Deaths
*18 February –
Ludvig Daae Ludvig Daae may refer to:
* Ludvig Daae (priest) (1723–1786), Norwegian priest and landowner
*Ludvig Kristensen Daa (1809–1877), Norwegian historian and politician
*Ludvig Daae (politician) (1829–1893), Norwegian politician
*Ludvig Ludvigsen ...
, priest and landowner (born
1723
Events
January–March
* January 25 – British pirate Edward Low intercepts the Portuguese ship ''Nostra Signiora de Victoria''. After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather than s ...
).
Full date unknown
*
Anders Olsen
Anders Olsen (1718-1786) was a Norwegian trader, explorer and colonial administrator, who founded several important towns in Greenland including Qaqortoq (Julianehåb) and Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) as well as the village of Igaliku.
Anders Olsen ...
, trader, explorer and colonial administrator (born 1718)
See also
References
{{Year in Europe, 1786