Events in the year 1792 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

: Christian VII

Events

* Denmark-Norway declares transatlantic slave trade will be illegal after 1803 (though slavery continues to

1848 in Denmark Events from the year 1848 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VIII (until January 20), then Frederick VII * Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann (until 22 March), Adam Wilhelm Moltke Events * 21 March – A large ...

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Arts and literature

Sør-Fron Church Sør-Fron Church ( no, Sør-Fron kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hundorp. It is the church for the Sør-Fron parish which is part of the Sø ...

was built. *

Sandar Church Sandar Church (Norwegian: ''Sandar kirke'') is the oldest church in Sandefjord, Norway in Vestfold og Telemark. The church was erected at the ruins of a mediaeval stone church from the 13th century. The current church was built in 1792 in the st ...

was built.

Births

*1 January –

Henrik Anker Bjerregaard Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1 January 1792 – 7 April 1842) was a Norwegian poet, dramatist and judge. Born in Ringsaker to Mads Bjerregard and Alet Ørtlien, he grew up in Vågå from the age of eight. He studied at the University of Copenhagen, ...

, poet, dramatist and judge (died 1842) *18 November – Even Hammer Holmboe, politician (died 1859) *13 December –

Christian Schou Christian Schou (13 December 1792 – 15 September 1874) was a Norwegian merchant, brewer and politician. Biography He was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Didrik Hansen Schou (1744–1795) and Anna Ludovica Wittrog. His ...

, brewer and merchant (died

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...

Full date unknown

Diderik Bøgvad Diderik Kornelius Mortensen Bøgvad (4 March 1792 – 31 December 1857) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842, representing the rural constituency of ''Lister og Mandals Amt'' (today named Vest-Agder). He s ...

, politician (died 1857) * Jørgen Flood, merchant and politician (died 1867) * Nils Christensen Ringnæs, politician *

Erike Kirstine Kolstad Erike (or Ericha) Kirstine Kolstad (1792–14 April 1830), was a Norwegian stage actress. She belonged to the pioneer generation of the first public theatre in Norway, the theatre of Christiania Offentlige Theater in Oslo in 1827. She is the first ...

, the first professional native stage actress in Norway (d.

1830 It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy. Events January–March * January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...

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Deaths

*14 December -

Ole Nilsen Weierholt Ole Nilsen Weierholt (December 29, 1718 – December 14, 1792) was a Wood carving, wood carver, primarily known as a pattern maker for ironworks in Aust-Agder, Nedenes Counties of Norway, county, Norway, especially for the Næs Ironworks. He created ...

, wood carver (born

1718 Events January – March * January 7 – In India, Sufi rebel leader Shah Inayat Shaheed from Sindh who had led attacks against the Mughal Empire, is beheaded days after being tricked into meeting with the Mughals to discus ...

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References

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