1718 in Norway
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See also: | 1718 in Denmark List of years in Norway |
Events in the year 1718 in Norway.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch: Frederick IV
Events[]
- 29 August - 10,000 men under the command of Lieutenant-general Carl Gustaf Armfeldt attacked Trøndelag from Jemtland.
- 30 November - King Karl XII was shot and killed at the Siege of Fredriksten fortress.
Arts and literature[]
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Births[]
- Johan Ernst Gunnerus, bishop and botanist (died 1773)
Deaths[]
- 8 February – Henrik Adeler, civil servant and politician (born 1660).[1]
- 16 May – Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, priest and historian (born 1649)
- 9 September – Caspar Herman Hausmann, general, lumber merchant and squire (born )
- 30 November – King Karl XII of Sweden (born 1682)
References[]
- ^ Huitfeldt-Kaas, H. J. (1887–1905). "Adeler, Henrik". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). Vol. I. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske boghandels forlag. p. 94. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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