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Events in the year 1880 in
*15 February – Carl Roosen, cartographer and military officer (born
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 ...
: Oscar II
Events
Arts and literature
Births
January to June
*2 February –Arnt Ferdinand Moss
Arnt Ferdinand Moss (February 1880 – 25 April 1964) was a Norwegian accountant and politician. Biography
Moss was born at Sundby in Strøm parish, Sør-Odal, Norway.
He was the son of Anton Jacob Fredriksen Moss (1848-1916) and Kari Pedersdatte ...
, accountant and politician.
*20 March – Oscar Ludvig Larsen, politician
*13 April – Alfred Vågnes, politician (died 1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
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*29 April – Anders Krogvig
Anders Krogvig (29 April 1880 – 3 April 1924) was a Norwegian librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic.
He was born in Kristiania as the son of Carl Gustav Krogvig and Antonette Pedersen. He was a first cousin of Tryggve Andersen. In Ap ...
, librarian, writer, literary consultant and critic (died 1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
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*29 April – Jonas Lie, artist (died 1940 in America)
*18 May – Thomas Thorstensen, gymnast and Olympic gold medallist (died 1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
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*16 June – Joachim Holst-Jensen
Joachim Holst-Jensen (16 June 1880 – 7 March 1963) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1927 and 1960.
Partial filmography
* '' Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (1927) - Berg, telegrafist
* '' Madame ...
, film actor (died 1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
July to December
*2 July –Olav Bergersen
Olav Bergersen (2 July 1880 – 1973) was a Norwegian naval officer, war historian, insurance inspector and politician. He was a member of the Storting 1931–1933, and served with the Admiral Staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy in London during th ...
, naval officer and politician (d. 1973).
*1 August – Hans Nordvik, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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*30 August – Nikolai Astrup
Nikolai Astrup () (30 August 1880 – 21 January 1928) was a Norwegian modernist painter. Astrup was a distinctive, innovative artist noted principally for his intense use of color depicting the lush landscapes of Vestlandet featuring the tradi ...
, painter (died 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 ...
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*28 September – Jon Jørundson Mannsåker, priest and politician (died 1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
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*7 October – Johan Undrum, politician (d. 1940).
*8 December – Per Lysne Per Lysne (December 8, 1880 – September 21, 1947) was a Norwegian-American artist most associated with bringing the traditional Norwegian folk art of Rosemåling to the United States.
Biography
Per A. Lysne was born on the Ljøsne farm in Lærda ...
, Rosemaling artist (died 1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
)
*30 December – Svend Evensen
Svend Evensen (30 December 1880 – ) was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in Vestby to merchant Ole Evensen and Cathinca Soelberg. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1905, and was named as a Supreme Court Justice
The Supreme Court of the Un ...
, judge.
Full date unknown
*Nils Christoffer Bøckman
Nils Christoffer Bøckman (6 July 1880 – 22 December 1973) was a Norwegian lieutenant-colonel and businessperson.
Born in Trondheim, Bøckman was educated at the military academy, graduating as lieutenant in 1901. He was promoted to captain in 1 ...
, military officer and businessperson (died 1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
)
*Haakon Martin Five
Haakon may refer to:
Given names
* Haakon (given name)
* Håkon, modern Norwegian spelling of the name
* Håkan, Swedish spelling of the name
* Hakon, Danish spelling of the name
People
Norwegian royalty
* Haakon I of Norway (c. 920–961), th ...
, politician and Minister (died 1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...
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*Knut Gunnarsson Helland
Knut Gunnarsson Helland (November 6, 1880–June 27, 1919) was a Norwegian American Hardanger fiddle maker.
Biography
Knut Gunnarson Helland was from Bø, Norway. Helland worked in the traditional region of Telemark in the workshop of his father ...
, Hardanger fiddle
A Hardanger fiddle ( no, hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than fo ...
maker (died 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 ...
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* Jens Holmboe, botanist (died 1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
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Deaths
*15 February – Carl Roosen, cartographer and military officer (born 1800
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...
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*9 July – Jens Landmark, military officer and politician (born 1811
Events
January–March
* January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana.
* January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón Brid ...
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*17 August – Ole Bull
Ole Bornemann Bull (; 5 February 181017 August 1880) was a Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer. According to Robert Schumann, he was on a level with Niccolò Paganini for the speed and clarity of his playing.
Biography
Background
Bull was ...
, violinist (born 1810
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.
* January 4 – Australian seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic.
* Janua ...
*8 October – Magnus Brostrup Landstad
Magnus Brostrup Landstad (7 October 1802 – 8 October 1880) was a Norwegian parish priest and provost, hymn writer, and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853.
Biography
Landstad was born in ...
, minister, psalmist and poet (born 1802
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the Ot ...
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Full date unknown
* Knut Eriksson Helland,Hardanger fiddle
A Hardanger fiddle ( no, hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than fo ...
maker (born 1851
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion.
* January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly.
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See also
References
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