1769 in Norway

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See also:	1769 in Denmark List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1769 in Norway .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII. ^[1]

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. ^{[2] [3]}
• 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

Eilert Ramm

• 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). ^{[4] [5]}
• 27 August – Hans Jacob Stabel, priest and politician (died 1836)

Deaths

• 24 February – Johan von Mangelsen, military officer and businessperson (born 1694). ^[6]

References

1. Bratberg, Terje. "Christian 7.". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. "Statbank Denmark". Statbank.dk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
3. Drake, Michael. Population and Society in Norway, 1735-1865. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1969. 2. ISBN   0-521-07319-7
4. Mardal, Magnus A. "Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
5. "Ramm, Eilert Valdemar Preben (Eidsvollsmann)". eidsvollsmenn.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
6. Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Johan von Mangelsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 June 2018.