Events in the year 1822 in
Norway
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.
Incumbents
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Monarch
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:
Charles III John.
*
First Minister
A first minister is any of a variety of leaders of government cabinets. The term literally has the same meaning as "prime minister" but is typically chosen to distinguish the office-holder from a superior prime minister. Currently the title of ' ...
:
Jonas Collett
Events
* March 11 – A powerful sudden storm struck the western Norwegian coast killing about 300 men at sea.
* May 26 – 116 people die in the
Grue Church fire
On 26 May 1822 there was a Pentecost worship service at the Grue Church near Kirkenær, Norway (in the present-day Grue Municipality). During the service, the church caught fire and at least 113 people were killed. It is the deadliest fire disa ...
. It's the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
Arts and literature
Births
*27 April –
Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (d.
1898
Events
January
* January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
)
*29 October –
Thomas Johannessen Heftye
Thomas Johannessen Heftye, also known as Tho Joh Heftye (29 October 1822 – 4 October 1886) was a Norwegian businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Personal life
He was born in Christiania as the son of merchant Johannes Thomassen Heftye ...
, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (d.
1886
Events January
* January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885.
* January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...
)
Full date unknown
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Jacob Bøckmann Barth, forester (d.
1892
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Events
January
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing imm ...
)
*
Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator (d.
1896
Events
January
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...
)
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Rasmus Tønder Nissen, politician (d.
1882
Events January
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in New York at the ...
)
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Olav Paulssøn
Olav Paulssøn (1822–1896) was a Norwegian bailiff, writer and politician.
Career
He served as a deputy representative to the Storting, Norwegian Parliament in 1859, representing the constituency of Sogn og Fjordane, Nordre Bergenhus Amt. He li ...
, bailiff, writer and politician (d.
1896
Events
January
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...
)
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Ole Peter Petersen
Ole Peter Petersen (April 28, 1822 – December 20, 1901) was a Norwegian-American clergyman. He is credited as the founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States.
Biography
Ole Peter ...
, founder of
Methodism
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...
in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the
United States
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(d.
1901
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Summary
Political and military
1901 started with the unification of multiple British colonies in Australia on January ...
)
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Karl Andreas Larsen Vefring, politician
Deaths
*16 February —
Claus Pavels, bishop (b.
1769
Events
January–March
* February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture ...
)
Full date unknown
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Mathias Hagerup, politician (b.
1765
Events
January–March
* January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna.
* January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ...
)
*
Sara Oust
Sara Oust (15 March 1778 – 25 October 1822) was a Norwegian lay minister and follower of Hans Nielsen Hauge. She has been described as the country's first female Christian minister and was a leader within the Haugean movement.
Biography
Sara ...
, revivalist lay preacher (b.
1778
Events
January–March
* January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Sea captain, Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution (1771), HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS Discovery (1774), HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu, Oʻahu th ...
)
See also
References
{{Year in Europe, 1822