Events in the year 1836 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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:
Charles III John
sv, Karl Johan Baptist Julius
, spouse =
, issue = Oscar I of Sweden
, house = Bernadotte
, father = Henri Bernadotte
, mother = Jeanne de Saint-Jean
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, birth_place = Pau, ...
.
Events
*The town of
Tvedestrand
is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødders ...
was founded.
*The first
Lista Lighthouse was established.
*Count
Herman Wedel Jarlsberg is appointed
Governor-general of Norway.
Arts and literature
Births
*24 February –
Elias Blix
Elias Blix (24 February 1836 – 17 January 1902) was a Norwegian professor, theologian, hymn writer, and a politician for the Liberal Party. Blix wrote numerous hymns and was largely responsible for translating the New Testament into the Norw ...
, poet, musician, politician and Minister (d.
1902
Events
January
* January 1
** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...
)
*22 March –
John Anderson John Anderson may refer to:
Business
*John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland
* John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of ...
,
Norwegian-American newspaper publisher (d.1910)
*22 September –
Baard Iversen
Baard Iversen (22 September 1836 – 15 March 1920) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.
Biography
Iversen was born in 1836 in Aukra in Møre og Romsdal, Norway . In 1854, at the age of eighteen he left home for the city Ålesund.
In ...
, businessperson and politician (d.
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
)
*14 November –
Nikka Vonen
Nikka Vonen (14 November 1836 – 29 November 1933) was a Norwegian educator, folklorist and author.
Personal life
Vonen was born in Dale i Sunnfjord to blacksmith, gunsmith, watchmaker, farmer and guesthouse host Bertel Johannesson Vonen and ...
, educator, folklorist and author (d.
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
).
Full date unknown
*
Ludvig Maribo Benjamin Aubert, jurist and politician (d.
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
)
*
Hans Gløersen, forest manager and lawyer (d.
1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
* ...
)
*
Hans Syvert Jacobsen, politician
Deaths
*8 May –
Christen Thorn Aamodt, priest (b.
1770
Events January– March
* January 1 – The foundation of Fort George, Bombay is laid by Colonel Keating, principal engineer, on the site of the former Dongri Fort.
* February 1 – Thomas Jefferson's home at Shadwell, Virgi ...
)
*12 September –
Svend Borchmann Hersleb
Svend Borchmann Hersleb (7 March 1784 – 12 September 1836) was a Norwegian professor of theology who also served one term in the Norwegian Parliament.
Personal life
He was born in Alstahaug[1784
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russia's annexation of the Crimea.
* January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Brit ...]
)
Full date unknown
*
Hans Jacob Stabel, priest and politician (b.
1769
Events
January–March
* February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...
)
References
See also
{{Year in Europe, 1836