1769 in Norway

Events in the year 1769 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

• 15 August – 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 Dano–Algerian 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 – Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm, military officer and politician (d. 1837).
• 27 August – Hans Jacob Stabel, priest and politician (died 1836)

Deaths

• 24 February – Johan von Mangelsen, military officer and businessperson (born 1694).

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