Norway timeline
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French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and... Read more
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Sweden and Norway adopt a loose union
The Union between Sweden and Norway (Swedish: Svensk-norska unionen, Unionen mellan Sverige och Norge, Norwegian: Unionen mellom Norge og Sverige),... Read more
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Norway's Constitution Is Adopted
May 17 is Norwegian Constitution Day, a commemoration of the adoption of Norway's constitution in 1814. Many Norwegian-American communities... Read more
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Élie Ducommun and Charles Albert Gobat Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Élie Ducommun (February 19, 1833 – December 7, 1906) was a Swiss journalist and peace activist. He was a winner of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize,... Read more
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William Randal Cremer Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Sir William Randal Cremer (18 March 1828 – 22 July 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English Liberal Member of Parliament and... Read more
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Institut de Droit International Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The Institut de droit international ("Institute of International Law") is an organization devoted to the study and development of international... Read more
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Union between Norway and Sweden dissolved
Norway's parliament dissolved the union between Sweden and Norway on June 7, 1905. After some months of tension and fear of war between the two... Read more
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Ernesto Teodoro Moneta and Louis Renault Win Nobel Peace Prize
The range of activities in which Moneta engaged for the propagation of world peace is impressive. In 1890 he began to issue an annual almanac... Read more
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Klas Pontus Arnoldson and Fredrik Bajer Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Klas Pontus Arnoldson (27 October 1844 – 20 February 1916) was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the... Read more
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Auguste Marie François Beernaert and Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Auguste Marie François Beernaert (July 26, 1829 – October 6, 1912) was the Prime Minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894. Born in... Read more
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International Peace Bureau Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The International Peace Bureau (IPB) was founded as a result of the third Universal Peace Congress in Rome, 1891, with Fredrik Bajer one of its... Read more
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Tobias Michael Carel Asser and Alfred Hermann Fried Win Nobel Peace Prize
Tobias Michael Carel Asser (April 28, 1838, Amsterdam – July 29, 1913, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist, cowinner (with Alfred Fried) of the Nobel... Read more
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Elihu Root Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Elihu Root (February 15, 1845 – February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer and statesman and the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the... Read more
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Henri La Fontaine Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Henri La Fontaine, (22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943) was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau from 1907 to... Read more
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International Committee of the Red Cross Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties... Read more
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President Woodrow Wilson Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In accepting the honor of your award I am moved not only by a profound gratitude for the recognition of my [sincere and] earnest efforts in the... Read more
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Léon Bourgeois Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
He was born in Paris, and was trained in law. After holding a subordinate office (1876) in the department of public works, he became successively... Read more
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Hjalmar Branting and Christian Lous Lange Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Christian Lous Lange (17 September 1869 – 11 December 1938) was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's... Read more
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Fridtjof Nansen Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel... Read more
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Austen Chamberlain and Charles Gates Dawes Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Austen Chamberlain was born in Birmingham, the second child and eldest son of Joseph Chamberlain, then a rising industrialist and political... Read more
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Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann Win the Nobel Peace Prize
He was born in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique of a bourgeois family. He attended the Nantes Lycée, where, in 1877, he developed a close friendship with... Read more
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Ferdinand Buisson and Ludwig Quidde Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Ludwig Quidde (March 23, 1858 – March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor... Read more
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Frank B. Kellogg Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Frank Billings Kellogg (December 22, 1856 – December 21, 1937) was an American lawyer, politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and... Read more
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Nathan Söderblom Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom (15 January 1866 – 12 July 1931) was a Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and recipient... Read more
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Jane Addams and Nicholas Murray Butler Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Born in Cedarville, Illinois, Jane Addams was the youngest of six children born into a prosperous, loving family. Although she was the eighth... Read more