Events in the year 1789 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 t ...
.
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 Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808. For his motto he chose: "''Gloria ex amore patriae''" ...
Events
*July – The flood
Storofsen
Storofsen - also referred to as ''Ofsen'' Changes in Flood Risk in Europe, p. 150. Ed. Zbigniew Kundzewicz. United Kingdom, CRC Press, 2019. - was a flood disaster that struck eastern Norway in July 1789 during which 63 people vanished, thousan ...
struck eastern Norway.
*9 July –
Theater War
{{Campaignbox Dano-Swedish Wars
The Theatre War ( sv, Teaterkriget), Cowberry War, Cranberry War or Lingonberry War ( no, Tyttebærkrigen, da, Tyttebærkrigen), was a brief war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, starting on 24 September 1788, ...
part of the
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. The war was ended by the Treaty of Värälä on 14 August 1790 and took place concomitantly with both the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791) ...
:
Denmark-Norway agreed to cease active engagement in the conflict. A statement of neutrality was issued by Denmark-Norway, not a formal peace treaty and Denmark-Norway leaves the war.
*17 July:
**The town of
Hammerfest
Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...
was founded.
**The town of
Vardø
( fi, Vuoreija, fkv, Vuorea, se, Várggát) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway, more to the east than Saint Petersburg or Istanbul. The administra ...
was founded.
*12 November – The
Norwegian army
The Norwegian Army ( no, Hæren) is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway ...
retreated from
Bohuslen back to Norway. During the retreat, the Norwegian army lost 1,500-3,000 men to hunger, disease, poor sanitary conditions, and exposure to continual autumn rainfall
Arts and literature
Births
*29 January -
Fredrik Riis
Fredrik Riis (29 January 1789 – 22 October 1845) was a Norwegian civil servant.
He was born in Christiania, enrolled as a student in 1806 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1809. He worked as a police attorney from 1810, police secretary from 1813 a ...
, civil servant (d.
1845
Events
January–March
* January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''.
* January 23 ...
)
* 19 March
Peter Christian Knudtzon
Peter Christian Knudtzon (19 March 1789–17 November 1864) was a Danish businessman and ship-owner. He was one of the largest traders in Iceland in the middle of the 19th century. He owned Amaliegade 14 in Copenhagen. He was the father of Gove ...
, businessman (died
1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
)
*2 November -
Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg
Christiane Andrea "Karen" Wedel-Jarlsberg (née Anker; 2 November 1789 in Christiania (now Oslo) – 19 June 1849 on Bogstad gård), was a Norwegian countess and lady in waiting.
Life
Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg was the only surviving child and heir of ...
, courtier (d.
1849
Events
January–March
* January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps.
* January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...
)
Full date unknown
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Ole Johannesen Staff
Ole Johannesen Staff (1799–1861) was a Norwegian politician.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1836, 1839 and 1842, representing the rural constituency of ''Christians Amt'' (today named Oppland
Oppland is a former county ...
, politician
Deaths
*1 August -
Peder Hjort
Peder Hjort or Peder Hiort (1715 – 1 August 1789) was a Norwegian businessperson.
Peder Pedersen Hjort was born in the mining town of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag as the youngest of six children. His family originated in Schleswig-Flensburg. He ...
, businessperson (born
1715
Events
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)
Full date unknown
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Eric Gustaf Tunmarck
Eric Gustaf Tunmarck (1 May 1729 – 1789) was a Swedish-Norwegian painter.
Biography
He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. His apprenticeship was with Jacob von Schönfeldt (1709–1766) in Gothenburg. He arrived in Kongsberg during 1760, brin ...
, painter (born
1729
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover ...
).
See also
References
{{Year in Europe, 1789