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1769 in Norway
Events in the year
1769 in
Norway
.
Incumbents
Monarch
:
Christian VII
.
Events
15 August â The
first census in Denmark-Norway
to attempt completely covering all citizens (including women and children who had previously been listed only as numbers) takes place. At that point, Norway had 774,000 citizens.
14 September - Start of the
DanoâÂÂAlgerian War
.
Maximilian Hell
and his assistant
János Sajnovics
traveled to
Vardø
to observe the 1769
transit of Venus
.
Births
8 January —
Claus Pavels
, bishop (died
1822
)
25 February —
Thomas Fasting
, naval officer and government minister (died
1841
)
14 April —
Andreas Landmark
, politician (died
1839
)
4 May âÂÂ
Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm
, military officer and politician (d.
1837
).
27 August âÂÂ
Hans Jacob Stabel
, priest and politician (died
1836
)
Deaths
24 February –
Johan von Mangelsen
, military officer and businessperson (born
1694
).
See also
References