Norway

1,139 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Norway, 1601 CE to 1978 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

17th century

285 entries, 1601 CE to 1699 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1601Jørgen Friis was appointed Governor-General of Norway.Norway source
160417 April – Rasmus Hjort, priest, humanist, educator (born c.1525).Norway source
16105 February – Strange Jørgenssøn, bailiff and businessman (born 1539).Norway source
1614The first written records of the Lesjaverk Ironworks.Norway source
162216 December – Cort Adeler, naval officer, admiral (died 1675).Norway source
1628Jens Juel was appointed the first commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army.Norway source
163416 January – Dorothe Engelbretsdotter, hymn and poem writer (died 1716).Norway source
1641The construction of a new Town Hall of Christiania was finished (the building is now called the "Old Town Hall") .Norway source
164717 January – Postvesenet is established.Norway source
1650Christian Frederik Powisch, government official (died 1711).Norway source
1654The last bubonic plague outbreaks in Norway occur.Norway source
1657January – Iver Krabbe was appointed commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army, the first non-Stattholder of Norway to hold the position.Norway source
16597 November – Jens Bjelke, nobleman, Chancellor of Norway (b.1580).Norway source
1661The construction of Munkholmen fort is finished.Norway source
166320 April – Kjeld Stub, priest (b. 1607).Norway source
166612 January - All the crown estates in Helgeland, Salten, Lofoten, Vesterålen, Andenes, Senja and Troms were given to Joachim Irgens von Westervick.Norway source
1671The city of Laurvig (now spelled Larvik) was founded by Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve, the first count of Laurvig.Norway source
167412 October – Finn-Kirsten was executed by burning at the stake. She was the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Trøndelag.Norway source
16776 January - Larvik Church was consecrated.Norway source
1679December – Anne Løset was tried for alleged sorcery, convicted and executed by burning at Rovde.Norway source
168213 September – Thomas von Westen, priest and missionary (died 1727).Norway source
1686The Cathedral Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke in Christiania burned down (completed in 1639).Norway source
169010 October – Shipwreck off Jæren. Among the deaths were Danish nobleman Laurids Lindenov and his wife.Norway source
1693Aron Åsulsen was convicted of sodomy, in Kragerø. The only known person convicted for homosexuality in Norwegian history before 1842. He was sentenced to whipping, branding, and banishment from Kragerø.Norway source
1697Christian Gyldenløve was appointed commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army.Norway source

18th century

300 entries, 1700 CE to 1799 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

170018 August – The Peace of Travendal is concluded when Denmark–Norway signs a peace treaty at Traventhal House in Holstein. Denmark-Norway has to withdraw from Holstein and Sweden withdraws from Denmark. The peace will last for the next 10 years.Norway source
170416 February - The Norwegian Slottsloven commission was formed.Norway source
1709(cirka) – Hans Holtermann, businessman and landowner (d. 1781).Norway source
171311 April – Anne Clausdatter, businesswoman and owner of Borgestad Manor in Skien (born 1659)Norway source
1717Niels Wernersen was ennobled, and given the noble family name Werenskiold.Norway source
17212 May – Hans Egede departed with three ships from Bergen to Greenland, starting the Danish-Norwegian colonization of Greenland.Norway source
1723Ludvig Holbergs comedy plays «Jacob von Tyboe», «Erasmus Montanus», Den stundesløse and other comedy plays is first published.Norway source
1731Christian Rantzau was appointed Governor-General of Norway.Norway source
1735The Danish-Norwegian Grain Monopoly was introduced, a trade policy that banned the import of foreign grain into Denmark and southern and eastern Norway, the monopoly lasted until 1788.Norway source
1739The poem Nordlands Trompet by Petter Dass is published posthumously.Norway source
1743Leaders of the free church, Zionittene, is arrested, four leaders was banished to Altona, and others was imprisoned in labor camps.Norway source
1747Oluf Borch was ennobled, and given the noble family name de Schouboe.Norway source
175121 September - Stromstad Treaty of 1751 is signed, it defined the border between Sweden and Norway.Norway source
1754Hans Colbjørnsen, timber trader and military officer (born c.1675).Norway source
1759Gustaf Grüner was appointed commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army.Norway source
176224 April – Alexander Møller, surgeon (died 1847).Norway source
17658 October — Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra was founded.Norway source
1768January - Gunnerus Library, the oldest scientific library in Norway is opened in Trondheim.Norway source
17718 February - Jacob Benzon is deposed as Steward of Norway, and the position was vacant until 1809.Norway source
1773The Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway's national mapping agency, was founded.Norway source
1777Old Nordre Osen Church was built.Norway source
178110 December – Christian Hersleb Horneman, jurist and politician (died 1860).Norway source
17862 October - Lofthusreisingen begins, a large peasant revolt in South Norway.Norway source
1790March – Norwegian merchants meet Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, as representative of King Gustav III of Sweden, to discuss military hjelp from Sweden to end the Danish-Norwegian union, at Eda, Sweden.Norway source
1794Fru Haugans Hotel in Mosjøen is founded (Northern Norway's oldest hotel in continuous operation).Norway source

19th century

255 entries, 1800 CE to 1899 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1800The first theatre building in Norway; Komediehuset på Engen was built.Norway source
180424 September - Trondhjems amt was split into two, with the northern part becoming Nordre Trondhjems amt and the southern part becoming Søndre Trondhjems amt.Norway source
180814 March – Denmark-Norway declares war on Sweden.Norway source
181116 March - Battle of Grimstad Bay.Norway source
1816Bodø was granted township status.Norway source
1820The song Sønner av Norge is written by Henrik Anker Bjerregaard and Christian Blom.Norway source
182527 November – Population Census: Norway had 1,051,318 inhabitants.Norway source
183211 June - 25 June – The Norwegian ultramarathoner Mensen Ernst ran about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from Paris to Moscow in 14 days.Norway source
1839Det Dramatiske Selskab in Hammerfest was founded.Norway source
1844Utsira Lighthouse is established.Norway source
1845Skutterudite, a mineral containing nickel and iron, was discovered. The discovery was made in Skuterud Mines, Modum, Buskerud.Norway source
184820 June – Jens Carl Peter Brandt, businessperson and politician (d. 1912)Norway source
1849Ryvarden Lighthouse was established.Norway source
185323 June – Herman Garmann (born 1787), businessman and merchant.Norway source
185626 February – Teis Lundegaard, farmer, shipowner, politician and representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly (born 1774)Norway source
185914 February – Ole Rasmussen Apeness, district sheriff, soldier, and farmer (b. 1765)Norway source
1862The poem Terje Vigen, written by Henrik Ibsen, is published.Norway source
186914 August – Charles Wilhelm Thesen leaves Norway in his 117-ton schooner Albatros, loaded with timber to sell in New Zealand.Norway source
187321 July - The post of Prime Minister for Norway was instituted, and Frederik Stang was the first appointed.Norway source
1882The 1882 Parliamentary election takes place.Norway source
18862 April – Christian Halvorsen Svenkerud, politician (born 1798)Norway source
1888Ole Richter, lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Norway (born 1829)Norway source
1892In June, the first organised Jewish community was established in Christiania, known as "Det Jødiske Samfund".Norway source
18947 January – Søren Jaabæk, politician and farmer (born 1814)Norway source
189814 September – Nordal Church in Norddalsfjord is consecratedNorway source

20th century

299 entries, 1900 CE to 1990 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

1900Bernt Julius Muus, Lutheran minister (born 1832)Norway source
190322 June – Torbjørg Utne, hotelier (born 1812).Norway source
190627 June - Coop Norge is established.Norway source
19099 July – Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen, bishop and politician (born 1849)Norway source
191020 May – Oscar Wergeland, painter (born 1844).Norway source
191327 January – Robert Collett, zoologist (born 1842)Norway source
191612 September – Henrik Mohn, meteorologist (born 1835)Norway source
192018 May – Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne, businessperson and politician (born 1843)Norway source
192414 January – Arne Garborg, writer (born 1851)Norway source
19279 April – Georg Ossian Sars, marine biologist (born 1837)Norway source
19298 May – Norway annexed the volcanic island Jan Mayen located in the Arctic Ocean.Norway source
193310 July – Vilhelm Krag, author (born 1871)Norway source
193613 September – A major rockfall hit the lake Loenvatnet in Sogn og Fjordane, creating a 70 m flood wave that destroyed several farms, killing 74 people. The second such incident in 31 years, the disaster caused the permanent depopulation of the area.Norway source
193919 September – Babben Enger-Damon, cross country skier, Olympic gold medallist and orienteerNorway source
19414 March – British Commandos carry out a successful raid on the Lofoten Islands.Norway source
194226 October – All Jewish men in Norway over 15 are arrested; all Jewish property is ordered confiscated. See the Holocaust in Norway for more.Norway source
194411 March – Øyvind Grøn, physicistNorway source
194710 March – Ole Wehus, Nazi collaborator and torturer, executed (born 1909)Norway source
195220 April – Sigurd Maseng, diplomat (born 1894)Norway source
195431 May – Arne Larsen Økland, retired footballerNorway source
195818 August – Mikkel Sveinhaug, farmer and politician (born 1873)Norway source
196228 January – Brit Bildøen, writer.Norway source
19654 June – Sigmund Mowinckel, theologian (b. 1884).Norway source
196915 June – Linda Cerup-Simonsen (born as Linda Andersen), sailor.Norway source
197817 May – Tor Halvor Bjørnstad, cross-country skier, biathlete and winter triathleteNorway source