1700 in Norway

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List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1700 in Norway.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Frederick IV

Events[]

  • 22 February – Great Northern War starts.
  • 1 March – The Gregorian calendar is adopted.[1]
  • 18 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.
  • The Kvitsøy bucket light is established.[2]

Arts and literature[]

Around 1700[]

Births[]

Chest carved by Lars Pinnerud (ca 1735).
  • 18 August – Lars Pinnerud, woodcarver (died 1762).[3]

Deaths[]

  • Johannes Skraastad, woodcarver (born c.1648).[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ringnes, Truls. "gregoriansk kalender". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Kvitsøy fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  3. ^ Hosar, Kåre. "Lars Pinnerud". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. ^ Engen, Arnfinn. "Johannes Skraastad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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