Events

• The first theatre in Norway is founded by Martin Nürenbach
  Martin Nürenbach
  Martin Nürenbach, or Nurembach , was a German acrobat, actor, dancer, tight-rope-dancer and theatre director, active in Sweden, Norway and Finland...
  
   in Oslo; it is dissolved in 1772.

Births

• 22 February - Jørgen Aall
  Jørgen Aall
  Jørgen Aall was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.-Personal life:Jørgen Aall was born in 1771 as the second son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall and Amborg Jørgensdatter , née Wesseltoft. In total he had three brothers and three sisters...
  
  , ship-owner and politician (d.1833
  1833 in Norway
  -Births:*5 January - Sophus Bugge, philologist *29 June - Peter Waage, chemist and professor *6 July - Christian Andreas Irgens, politician *10 August - Peter Laurentius Larsen, Norwegian-American Lutheran Educator -Births:*5 January - Sophus Bugge, philologist (d.1907)*29 June - Peter Waage,...
  
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• 3 April - Hans Nielsen Hauge
  Hans Nielsen Hauge
  Hans Nielsen Hauge was a noted revivalist Norwegian lay minister who spoke up against the Church establishment in Norway. Hauge is considered an influential personality in the industrialization of Norway...
  
  , revivalist lay preacher and writer (d.1824
  1824 in Norway
  -Births:*24 January - Aslak Hætta, Sami leader, executed *24 August - Niels Mathias Rye, politician *4 October - Morten Diderik Emil Lambrechts, jurist and politician...
  
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• 20 August - Jonas Greger Walnum
  Jonas Greger Walnum
  Jonas Greger Walnum was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Steigen. He married Else Maria Meyer Hersleb, and the couple had several children. Else Hersleb was the oldest sister of theologian Svend Borchmann Hersleb....
  
  , politician (d.1838
  1838 in Norway
  -Events:*1 January - Fulfilling a law from 1837 all parishes form the bases for the establishment of altogether 396 formannskapsdistrikts, the precursor of municipalities.-Births:*10 January - Johan Christopher Brun, pharmacist and politician...
  
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• Andreas Aagaard Kiønig
  Andreas Aagaard Kiønig
  Andreas Aagaard Kiønig was a Norwegian judge and politician.He was born in Grue, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1790.He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt...
  
  , judge and politician (d.1856
  1856 in Norway
  -Notable births:*11 January - Christian Sinding, composer *17 January - Jens Bratlie, politician and Prime Minister of Norway *11 February - Torje Olsen Solberg, politician*13 March - Hans G. Jensen, tailor, trade unionist and politician...
  
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