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1807 in Norway
Events in the year
1807 in
Norway
.
Incumbents
Monarch
:
Christian VII
.
Events
12 August - Start of the
Gunboat War
between Denmark-Norway and the
United Kingdom
.
1 September - The Norwegian was formed.
18 September - British forces blows up
Fredriksholm Fortress
, four Englishmen was killed in the blast.
9 October - is established. It was Norway's highest court until
1815
, when the
Supreme Court of Norway
was established.
Porsgrunn
is granted limited city status. Full city status is granted in
1842
.
Arts and literature
The oldest
monument
in Norway;
' is erected.
Births
January to June
19 January âÂÂ
Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland
, bishop (d.
1896
)
27 January âÂÂ
Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt
, jurist and politician (d.
1865
)
14 March âÂÂ
Josephine of Leuchtenberg
, Swedish and Norwegian queen (d.
1876
)
July to December
29 November âÂÂ
Peter Severin Steenstrup
, naval officer and businessperson (d.
1863
)
22 December âÂÂ
Johan Sebastian Welhaven
, poet and critic (d.
1873
)
Full date unknown
Nils Fredrik Julius Aars
, priest and politician (d.
1865
)
Halvor Olsen Folkestad
, councillor of state (d.
1889
)
Peter Tidemand Malling
, bookseller, printer and publisher (d.
1878
)
Hans Wille
, priest and politician (d.
1877
)
Deaths
16 September âÂÂ
Jochum Brinch Lund
, merchant (b.
1743
).
References