Events in the year 1811 in
Norway.
Incumbents
*
Monarch:
Frederick VI
Events
*29 May - The
Society for the Welfare of Oslo is founded.
*2 September -
University of Oslo is founded. It is the first university founded in the Dano-Norwegian Union.
Arts and literature
* The Norwegian journal ''
Historisk-philosophiske Samlinger'' (Historical-Philosophical Collections) first issue was published.
Births
*10 October –
Nils Christian Irgens, military officer, politician and Minister (d.
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Battle o ...
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*17 December –
Jens Landmark, military officer and politician (d.
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
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Full date unknown
*
Jørres Schelderup Hansen, politician
*
Frederik Christian Stoud Platou, politician (d.
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
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Deaths
*8 November -
Honoratus Bonnevie, physician (b.
1726
Events
January–March
* January 23 – (January 12 Old Style) The Conventicle Act (''Konventikelplakatet'') is adopted in Sweden, outlawing all non-Lutheran religious meetings outside of church services.
* January 26 – ...
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See also
{{Year in Europe, 1811