Nils Berntsen Skipeneset/Hope

Born: 1740
Died: 1780

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1740

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1740

The place and the tree
Hungersnød
Nils is born

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I 1740–42 var det hungersnød som følge av uår, «grønnårene».
1740

The place and the tree
Koppeepedemi
Nils is born

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Koppesmitten kom fra Bergen, og spredte seg videre til Nord-Norge.
1740

Norway
The famine of 1740–1742
Nils is born

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Failed harvests brought famine across the country. Hunger and disease took many lives, and it shows in the parish registers: many burials and few baptisms.

Source: hungersnød

Picture: Ulltand1 · CC BY 3.0
1757

The place and the tree
Poteter til Norge
Nils is 17

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På Hove gård på Tromøy er den første kjente dokumentasjonen i Norge på at det ble dyrket poteter, hvor det står skrevet i toldskriver Nils Aalholms hagedagbok for 31. mai 1757 at det er: «observeret Potatoes at opkomme».
1763

The place and the tree
Barnebidrag for uekte barn
Nils is 23

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I 1763 ble den første ordningen som påla fedre å betale barnebidrag for «uekte» barn, innført. Dessverre fantes det ingen ordning for inndriving av bidragene.
1769

The place and the tree
Befolkning
Nils is 29

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724.000 mennesker i Norge.
1769

Norway
The census of 1769
Nils is 29

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The first census in the proper sense: everyone was counted, but no names were given – only numbers. In some places name lists survive all the same.

Source: folketelling

Picture: Attributed to Peder Als · Public domain
1780

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