Events

• Det Dramatiske Selskab in Fredrikshald
  Fredrikshald
  Fredrikshald may refer to:* Fredrikshald Bay, Nunavut, Canada* Fredrikshald, Norway, former name of the town of Halden...
  
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• Morgenbladet
  Morgenbladet
  Morgenbladet is a Norwegian weekly newspaper. It was founded in 1819 by the book printer Niels Wulfsberg, and was the country's first daily newspaper. For a long time, it was also the country's biggest newspaper. It was closed down by the German Wehrmacht during World War II...
  
  , the first Norwegian daily newspaper, was released for the first time.

Births

• 5 August - Valdemar Knudsen
  Valdemar Knudsen
  Valdemar Emil Knudsen was a sugar cane plantation pioneer on west Kauai, Hawaii.-Background:Valdemar Emil Knudsen was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder county, Norway. He was college-trained in botany and science in Copenhagen. Knudsen was successful both as a publisher in New York City and as a...
  
  , sugar cane plantation pioneer in Hawaii
  Hawaii
  Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
  
   (d.1898
  1898 in Norway
  -Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Francis Hagerup , replaced by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen-Arts and literature:*Olaus Alvestad publishes the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag-Notable births:...
  
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Full date unknown

• Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden
  Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden
  Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden was a Norwegian politician.He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden....
  
  , politician (d.1875
  1875 in Norway
  -Events:* 31 December – Population Census: 1,813,424 inhabitants in Norway.* The Norwegian krone was introduced, replacing the Norwegian speciedaler.* The Metric system was introduced and replaced the old measurement units.-Births:...
  
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• Sivert Christensen Strøm
  Sivert Christensen Strøm
  Sivert Christensen Strøm was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was born in 1819 to a sea captain Strøm. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1845. He first worked as attorney, and was then promoted to district stipendiary magistrate in Nordre Østerdalen in 1859...
  
  , jurist and politician (d.1902
  1902 in Norway
  -Incumbents:*Prime Minister of Norway: Johannes Steen, succeeded by:*Prime Minister of Norway: Otto Blehr-Notable births:*15 January - Olaug Hay, politician *24 January - Sigurd Lund Hamran, politician...
  
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Deaths

• 3 March – Jens Stub
  Jens Stub
  Jens Stub was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate Johan Daniel Stub and grandson of Lauritz Stub , both of whom served as judges in Bergen. He grew up in Eid in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway...
  
  , politician (b.1764
  1764 in Norway
  -Events:* Porsgrunn prestegjeld was separated from the ancient rural parishes of Eidanger, Solum, and Gjerpen.* Old city of Fredrikstad burns down.-July to December:*31 August – Johan August Sandels, soldier and politician -Full date unknown:...
  
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