1814 in Norway

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See also:	1814 in Denmark 1814 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1814 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Charles II
  (since November 4)

Overview

1814 has historically been considered the most important year in the

• 14 January –
  Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Swedish Pomerania, otherwise known as Western Pomerania. Denmark also keeps the Norwegian overseas possessions: Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, as part of the Treaty of Kiel
  .
• 11 February – Norway's independence was proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
• 16 February – The
  meeting of notables took place at Eidsvoll verk
  .
• 10 April – The Norwegian Constituent Assembly convened at Eidsvoll.
• 12 April – The Royal Norwegian Navy was re-established.
• 16 May – The Constitution of Norway was adopted by the Constituent Assembly.
• 17 May – The Constitution of Norway was signed and the
  King of Norway by the Constituent Assembly
  .
• 20 May – The last day in session for the Constituent Assembly.
• 26 July – The
  Swedish campaign against Norway
  started.
• 14 August – The Convention of Moss was signed, ending the Swedish campaign against Norway with a Swedish victory.
• 4 November – The first session of the
  Charles II as King in a personal union between Sweden and Norway
  .

Arts and literature

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Births

• 1 April – Søren Jaabæk, politician and farmer (died 1894)
• 7 May – Henriette Hansen, ballerina (died 1892)
• 27 May – Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland, military officer, politician, Minister and mountaineer (died 1893)
• 18 December – Marie Colban, writer (died 1884).^[1]

Full date unknown

• Peder Krabbe Gaarder, jurist and political theorist (died 1883)
• Ketil Motzfeldt, politician and Minister (died 1889)
• Nils Fredrik Severin Thambs, politician (died 1885)

Deaths

• 28 August – Erik Must Angell, jurist and politician (born 1744)
• 9 September – Niels Andreas Vibe, military officer (born 1759).^[2]
• 17 December – Christian Colbjørnsen, chief justice (born 1749)

See also

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