1785 in Norway

• Monarch: Christian VII.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Christian 7. |first=Terje |last=Bratberg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Christian_7. |language=no |access-date=13 December 2023}}

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• 12 January - The first public library in Norway is opened.John Ansteinsson, "The Library History of Norway", The Library Journal 45 (1920) 19-24, 57-62, [https://books.google.com/books?id=c8XgAAAAMAAJ&dq=Carl+Deichman&pg=PA22 p. 22].
• Frelseren Church was built.
• In an anonymous work, Christian Kølle introduced the written feminine grammatical gender in Norway.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2006|title=Kølle, Christian|encyclopedia=Asker og Bærum leksikon|publisher=Forlaget for by- og bygdehistorie|location=Drammen|first=Per Otto|last=Borgen|pages=298–299|language=Norwegian|isbn=82-91649-10-3}}

• 1 August - Georg Jacob Bull, jurist and politician (d.1854)

• Gustav Peter Blom, politician (d.1869)
• Michel Nielsen Grendahl, politician (d.1849)
• Knut Mevasstaul, rose painter (d.1862)

• 29 December - Johan Herman Wessel, poet (b.1742)

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