1801 in Norway
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Events in the year 1801 in Norway.
See also:1801 in Denmark
List of years in Norway
List of years in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 February â The first complete and reliable census was held in Norway: 883,603 inhabitants in Norway.
- 2 April â War of the Second Coalition â First Battle of Copenhagen: The British Royal Navy, under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, forces the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy to accept an armistice. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson leads the main attack, deliberately disregarding his commander's signal to withdraw.[2] He is created a Viscount on 19 May; Denmark-Norway is forced to withdraw from the Second League of Armed Neutrality.
Arts and literature
- Det Dramatiske Selskab in Drammen was founded.
Births
- 4 February â Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen, businessperson (d.1859)
Full date unknown
- Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician (d.1857)
- Olea Crøger, folk music collector (d.1855)
- Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician (d.1879)
- Johan Frederik Thorne, businessperson and politician (d.1854)
Deaths
- 23 May - Jacob Nicolai Wilse, priest and meteorologist (born 1736)
- 21 July - Mathia Collett, merchant and businessperson (born 1737)
