Events in the year 1799 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

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 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

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coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. S ...

manufacturer

Friele Friele (''Kaffehuset Friele'') is a Norwegian coffee manufacturer and brand based in Midtun, a commercial and residential district of the borough of Fana in Bergen, Norway. Friele is the largest producer of coffee in Norway. It is part of JDE Pe ...

is established in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

Arts and literature

Births

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Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland Ole Gabriel Ueland (28 October 1799 – 9 January 1870) was a Norway, Norwegian political leader and member of the Storting, Norwegian Parliament (1833–1869). Historians credit him with having popularized politics in rural Norway, paving the w ...

, politician (d.

1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...

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Ole Edvard Buck Ole Edvard Buck (14 November 1799 – 13 June 1843) was a Norwegian politician. He was appointed County Governor of ''Finmarkens Amt'' (today's Troms and Finnmark) in 1833. In 1838 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1838, representing ...

, politician (d.

1843 Events January–March * January ** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States. ** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" ...

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* Jens Henrik Beer, politician * Peter Bøyesen, businessperson and politician (d.

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

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Borger Christophersen Hoen Borger Kristoffersson Hoen (5 June 1799 – 10 May 1877) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. Hoen was born on the Vølstad farm at Øvre Eiker in Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of Christopher Borgersen Hoen, who had served on the Norwegian C ...

, politician * Peder Rasmus Lyng, politician * Ole Christensen Walstad, politician

Deaths

References

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