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Mikkel Abelsen Bergtun

Born
2 Jun 1854 · Bergtun
Died
8 Feb 1873 · Bodø Sykehus
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1854 · Equal inheritance Equal inheritance 1854 · Norges første togbane Norges første togbane 1854 · Innføring av frimerker 1854 · The first railway 1859 · Karl IV Karl IV 1860 · Befolkning Befolkning 1860 · Storflom i Sør-Norge 1861 · Borgerkrig i USA Borgerkrig i USA 1862 · The Homestead Act The Homestead Act 1865 · Dampskip til Amerika Dampskip til Amerika 1865 · Folketelling 1865 · Utvandring til Amerika 1865 · The census of 1865 Census 1865 1866 · The emigration wave Emigration 1871 · Germany is unified Germany unified 1872 · Oscar II Oscar II 1854185918641869 1873 Baptised 1854

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  1. 2 Jun 1854
    Born
    Bergtun, Hatlestranda, Kvinnherad, Søndre Bergenhus amt, Norge
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  2. –
    Occupation
    Fisker
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  3. 11 Jun 1854
    Baptised
    Strandebarm kyrkje, Vikør, Søndre Bergenhus amt, Norge
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  4. Interior of a Norwegian farmhouse – Adolph Tidemand, 1852
    1854
    Norway
    Equal inheritance
    Mikkel is born
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    The Inheritance Act gave men and women equal shares. Before, sisters and daughters got only half as much as their brothers.

    Source: søsterlodd

    Picture: Adolph Tidemand · Public domain

  5. 1854
    The place and the tree
    Norges første togbane
    Mikkel is born
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    Eidsvoll-banen, Norges første togbane åpnes.

  6. 1854
    The place and the tree
    Innføring av frimerker
    Mikkel is born
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    Frimerker ble vedtatt utgitt.

  7. Eidsvold station decorated for the opening of the Trunk Line in 1854
    1854
    Norway
    The first railway
    Mikkel is born
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    The main line between Christiania and Eidsvoll opened – Norway's first railway.

    Source: Hovedbanen

    Picture: not credited Published in 1854, it is unlikely that any artist would be still living in 1944. · Public domain

  8. 1859
    The place and the tree
    Karl IV
    Mikkel is 5
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    Karl IV regjerer (svensk styre).

  9. 1860
    The place and the tree
    Befolkning
    Mikkel is 6
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    1.596.000 mennesker i Norge.

  10. 1860
    The place and the tree
    Storflom i Sør-Norge
    Mikkel is 6
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    Det var storflom i Sør-Norge dette året, kombinert med at det var en kald og våt sommer. Husket som et uår.

  11. 1861
    The place and the tree
    Borgerkrig i USA
    Mikkel is 7
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    Borgerkrigen i USA.

  12. 1862
    The place and the tree
    The Homestead Act
    Mikkel is 8
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    The Homestead Act ga nybyggere i Amerika rett til 160 acres gratis land.

  13. 1865
    The place and the tree
    Dampskip til Amerika
    Mikkel is 11
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    Dampskipstrafikken overtok Amerikafarten etter seilbåtene.

  14. 1865
    The place and the tree
    Folketelling
    Mikkel is 11
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    Folketelling.

  15. 1865
    The place and the tree
    Utvandring til Amerika
    Mikkel is 11
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    Utvandring til Amerika starter nå for fullt. Over 800.000 nordmenn utvandrer til Amerika mellom 1825 og 1930. Hele 780.000 dro i tidsrommet 1865 og 1930.

  16. Prinsens gate in Christiania around 1865
    1865
    Norway
    The census of 1865
    Mikkel is 11
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    A census with the name, age, birthplace and occupation of everyone. It was also an agricultural census, so the lists give the livestock and sowing on the farms.

    Source: folketelling

    Picture: Henry Rosling · Public domain

  17. A crowd waves goodbye to emigrants on the quay in Christiania – a stereo photograph
    1866
    Norway
    The emigration wave
    Mikkel is 12
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    Failed harvests and a lack of land drove 111,000 Norwegians abroad. The police emigrant protocols and the passenger lists show who left.

    Source: Utvandringa frå Noreg til Nord-Amerika

    Picture: Unknown author · Public domain

  18. The German Empire is proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles in 1871 – Anton von Werner
    1871
    Norway
    Germany is unified
    Mikkel is 17
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    King William of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor at Versailles, and Germany became a united nation state. Otto von Bismarck is counted as the man behind it.

    Source: Otto von Bismarck

    Picture: Anton von Werner · Public domain

  19. 1872
    The place and the tree
    Oscar II
    Mikkel is 18
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    Oscar II regjerer (svensk styre).

  20. 8 Feb 1873
    Died
    Bodø Sykehus, Bodø, Nordlands amt, Norge
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  21. 14 Feb 1873
    Buried
    Bodø kirkegård, Bodø, Nordlands amt, Norge
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