Events in the year 1847 in Norway.

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Births

*11 April – Ebbe Carsten Horneman Hertzberg, politician (d.

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

). *14 April – Karl Lous, barrister (d.

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

). *17 April –

Just Bing Ebbesen Just Bing Ebbesen (17 April 1847 – 24 May 1929) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Just Bing Ebbesen was the son of Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen,1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

) * 20 June –

Gina Krog Jørgine Anna Sverdrup "Gina" Krog (20 June 1847 – 14 April 1916) was a Norwegian suffragist, teacher, liberal politician, writer and editor, and a major figure in liberal feminism in Scandinavia. She played a central role in the Norwegian l ...

, suffragist (died

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

). *31 July –

Johan Kristian Skougaard Johan Kristian Skougaard (31 July 1847 – 25 September 1925) was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He was born in Lista, and originally took his education in the Norwegian military. He was hired as an engineer in the Norwegian Public ...

, military officer and politician (d.

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

) *20 October – Frits Thaulow, painter (d.

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

) *26 October – Helge A. Haugan – Norwegian-American banking executive (d.1909 in USA) *9 November – Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth, artist (d.

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

). *18 November –

Oluf Iversen Oluf Iversen (18 November 1847 – 26 January 1917) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryoph ...

, politician (d.

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

) *1 December – Agathe Backer Grøndahl, pianist and composer (d.

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

). *15 December –

Rolf Andvord Rolf Otto Andvord (31 October 1890 – 8 March 1976) was a Norwegian jurist and diplomat. Biography He was born in Sør-Aurdal as a son of Kristian Andvord (1855–1934), a chief physician, and Ebba Blomstedt (1860–1953). He was a nephew of ship ...

, shipowner and consul (d.

) *26 December –

Hans Christian Albert Hansen Hans Christian Albert Hansen (26 December 1847 – 4 August 1925) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Labour from 1903 to 1905. Biography He was born in Fredrikshald (now Halden), studied in Stockholm and ...

, politician (d.

)

Deaths

*16 January –

Ole Devegge Ole Devegge (20 October 1772 – 16 January 1847) was a Norwegian librarian, numismatist and collector. References 1772 births 1847 deaths Norwegian librarians Norwegian numismatists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub ...

, librarian, numismatist and collector (b.

1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...

)

Full date unknown

Knut Andreas Pettersen Agersborg Knut Andreas Pettersen Agersborg (1765–1847) was a Norwegian politician. Agersborg was born at Vefsn in Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norw ...

, politician (b.

1765 Events January–March * January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna. * January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ru ...

) *

Paulus Flood Paulus Mathias Frederikus Flood (11 March 1804 – 26 December 1847) was a Norwegian merchant and politician.

, merchant and politician (b.

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * Februar ...

)

References

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