Events in the year 1861 in

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Incumbents

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: Charles IV.

Events

Arts and literature

*''Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860'' (A remembrance of a journey in the summer 1860) was written by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje.

Births

*9 March – Monthei Eriksen Haug, politician *18 April –

Christian Emil Stoud Platou Christian Emil Stoud Platou (18 April 1861 – 28 July 1923) was a Norwegian railroad director and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Hamar as the son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883) and Eli ...

, railroad director and politician (died

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

) *23 July – Hans Bergersen Wergeland, politician *10 October –

Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 186113 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. He led the team t ...

, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the

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in 1922 (died

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

) *21 December – Valentin Valentinsen, engineer and politician

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Pauline Fjelde Pauline Gerhardine Fjelde (May 1861 – December 23, 1923) was a Norwegian-born American painter, embroiderer, and textile artist. Background Pauline Gerhardine Fjelde was born in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. She and her family immi ...

, Norwegian-American painter, needlework artist and weaver. (died 1923) *

Ludvig Meyer Ludvig Meyer (22 April 1861 – 3 January 1938) was a Norwegian barrister, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party 1891 to 1903, and was both party leader, party secretary as well as editor of the party organ ''S ...

, barrister, newspaper editor and politician (died

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

) *

Olaf Norli Olaf Olsen Norli (18 August 1861 – 21 January 1959) was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He grew up at Nordlia on Sjursøya. In 1877 he started as an apprentice in Jacob Dybwad's books ...

, bookseller and publisher (died

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

) * Anton Thorkildsen Omholt, politician and Minister (died

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 ...

) *

Edvard Sverdrup Johan Edvard Sverdrup (22 June 1861 – 21 January 1923) was a Norwegian educator, author and church leader. Sverdrup was one of the key theologians in the Church of Norway in the first few decades of the 1900s. Biography Sverdrup was born in Ba ...

, theologian (died

)

Deaths

*22 January – Peder Klykken, politician (born

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 ...

) *6 June –

David Vogt David Vogt (2 May 1793 – 6 June 1861) was a Norwegian politician. Biography He was the son of Niels Nielsen Vogt Sr. (1755–1809), and a brother of priest and politician Niels Nielsen Vogt and politician Jørgen Herman Vogt. He was an uncle ...

, politician (born

1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...

) *16 October – Broder Lysholm Krohg, military officer and civil servant (born

1777 Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...

)

References

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