1808 in Norway
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Events in the year 1808 in Norway.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Christian VII (until 13 March); then Frederick VI
Events
- Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809:
- 14 March - Denmark-Norway declares war on Sweden.
- 19–20 April - Battle of Toverud.
- 20 April – 7 May - Battle of Rødenes.
- 25 April - Battle of Trangen.
- 18 May - Battle of Mobekk.
- 7 December - An armistice agreement between Denmark-Norway and Sweden came into force. It could be terminated on 48 hours notice, but was applicable for the rest of the war. The armistice broke 2 July the next year.[1]
- Gunboat War:
- 16 May – Battle of Alvøen.
- 31 December - The Saksebøl Slaughter.
Arts and literature
Births
- 4 March – Frederik Stang, lawyer, public servant and politician, Norway's first Prime Minister (d.1884)
- 17 June – Henrik Wergeland, poet (d.1845)
- 28 July – Ulrik Frederik Lange, politician (d.1878)
Full date unknown
- Christen Larsen Arneberg, politician
- Ola Antonson Holsen, politician (d.1864)
- Nils Jønsberg, priest and politician (d.1885)
- Hans Jensen Krog, politician (d.1897)
- Sjur Aasmundsen Sexe, mineralogist (d.1888)
Deaths
- 16 May – George Edmund Byron Bettesworth, captain (born 1785).
- 16 November – Envold de Falsen, lawyer, poet, actor and statesman (born 1755).[2]
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gollark: You should probably try a simpler step toward whatever your goals are *first*, to see if it's viable or not.
gollark: As far as I know stuff like detecting and tracking objects and generally converting the 2D input from eyes into a 3D worldspace thingy is quite hard, audio is mostly just fourier-transforming.
See also
References
- Jensen 1995, pp. 353-354
- Thyness, Paul. "Envold De Falsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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