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January 14th: Norway goes to Sweden Printed From: History Community ~ All Empires Category: General History Forum Name: Today in History Forum Discription: What happened today in history? Come in to find out and discuss with fellow forumers! URL: http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8318 Printed Date: 28-Apr-2024 at 00:52 Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 9.56a - http://www.webwizforums.com Topic: January 14th: Norway goes to Sweden Posted By: Maju Subject: January 14th: Norway goes to Sweden Date Posted: 14-Jan-2006 at 06:51 A pretty dumb day: I could chose to feature Johnny Rotten leaving the Sex Pistols, some arcane scientific discovery on how to delay cell apopotosis, the premiere of Tosca or last year's Huygens probe landing in Titan. While Titan is truly fascinating and the success of the landing was a great impulse for European space exploration, I finally decided to feature the Treaty of Kiel, signed today in 1814, one of the post-Napoleonic agreements that transfered Norway, traditionally united with Denmark, to Sweden, a country that had fought against Napoleon. In exchange, Denmark would get the Swedish outposts in Pomerania. Yet the treaty never came into force as such: Norway declared its independence in May 17th, electing the Danish king, Christian-Frederick as theirs; while Prussia incorporated the ex-Swedish Pomerania. The Norwegian independence caused a short war with Sweden, that allowed Karl XIII of Sweden to regain the throne of Norway as a personal union by which Norway retained its own sovereignity and legislatve autonomy. This Union was stabilished by the Convetion of Moss in August 14th and by the Norwegian constitutional reform of November 4th. Charels XIII, first king of the Union of Sweden and Norway The Union lasted for 90 years: in 1905 though, dissatisfied Norwegians repealed it by unanimous parlamentary vote. After some war threats by Sweden an an also quasi-unanimous plebiscite, Norway and Sweden agreed to demobilization and mutual recognition. Danish prince Carl was placed on the Norwegian throne as Haakon VII. The Peace monument of Karlstadt was erected to conmemorate the dissolution of the Union One particularly significant provision of the Treaty of Kiel was that the former Norwegian posesions of Faeroe, Iceland and Greenland remained under Danish control, which has remained, with the exception of Iceland, until today. Some other things that happened today: 1690 - the clarinet is invented in Nüremberg, Bavaria 1724 - King Philip V of Spain, the first Bourbon king of that country, abdicates in favor of his son Louis. When this one died of smallpox, Philip V recovered the throne King Felipe V of Spain 1900 - Giacomo Pucinin's famous opera, Tosca, premieres in Rome 1939 - Norway lays claim to Queen Maud's Land in Antarctica Map of Antarctica, showing the various claims. Queen Maud's Land is on top, near the Atlantic Ocean 1943 - US President Roosevelt and UK Prime Minister Churchill start the Conference of Casablanca to discuss the evolution of WWII. This was the first occasion that a US President travelled abroad in airplane 1978 - John Lyndon, aka Johnny Rotten, quits the Sex Pistols after a US tour. Punk may not be dead but the Pistols died there Johnny Rotten 1994 - Kremlin Accords: Ruassian and USA presidents, Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton, agree that nuclear missiles would not remain pre-programmed anymore to point against any country 1998 - Texan researches present findings about a enzyme that delays cell death (apoptosis) 2005 - ESA Huygens probe lands on the surface of Titan, Saturns largest moon, amidst worldwide expectation   Some of the images transmitted by Huygens on the misterious moon Full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_14 - Wikipedia ------------- NO GOD, NO MASTER!

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