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1798 In Denmark
Events from the year 1798 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VII * Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff Events * 20 June – The abolishment of the ''Stavnsbånd'', a serfdom-like institution originally introduced in 1733. The implementation was gradual. Undated Births * 4 June – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (died 1870) * 19 July – Christian August, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1869) * 11 October – Thomas Overskou, actor, playwright and historian (died 1873) * 13 October – Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (died 1868) * 18 December – Emil Normann, painter (died 1881) Deaths * 7 September – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (born 1728) * 20 December – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (born 1742) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1798 In Denmark 1790s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1798
Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of Wallachia. * January 22 – A coup d'état is staged in the Netherlands (Batavian Republic). Unitarian Democrat Pieter Vreede ends the power of the parliament (with a conservative-moderate majority). * February 10 – The Pope is taken captive, and the Papacy is removed from power, by French General Louis-Alexandre Berthier. * February 15 – U.S. Representative Roger Griswold (Fed-CT) beats Congressman Matthew Lyon (Dem-Rep-VT) with a cane after the House declines to censure Lyon earlier spitting in Griswold's face; the House declines to discipline either man.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p171 * March &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
Herman Wilhelm Bissen (13 October 1798 – 10 March 1868) was a Danish sculptor. Biography Bissen was born at Schleswig in the Duchy of Schleswig. He was the son of Christian Gottlieb Wilhelm Bissen (1766-1847), a farmer, and Anna Margrethe Dorothea Elfendal (1763-1848). He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1816 to 1823. In 1824, he was awarded a travel scholarship which enabled him to travel to Rome. The stay in Rome extended over 10 years during which time he became an assistant to Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. Under the influence of Thorvaldsen, his style changed from romanticism to neo-classicism. In early 1834, Bissen left Rome to return to Copenhagen where he was awarded a professorship at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts following the death of his predecessor, Hermann Ernst Freund. From 1850 to 1853, he was director of the academy. Several of his works were exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790s In Denmark
Year 179 ( CLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Veru (or, less frequently, year 932 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 179 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman empire * The Roman fort Castra Regina ("fortress by the Regen river") is built at Regensburg, on the right bank of the Danube in Germany. * Roman legionaries of Legio II ''Adiutrix'' engrave on the rock of the Trenčín Castle (Slovakia) the name of the town ''Laugaritio'', marking the northernmost point of Roman presence in that part of Europe. * Marcus Aurelius drives the Marcomanni over the Danube and reinforces the border. To repopulate and rebuild a devastated Pannonia, Rome allows the first German colonists to enter territory con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1798 In Denmark
Events from the year 1798 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VII * Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff Events * 20 June – The abolishment of the ''Stavnsbånd'', a serfdom-like institution originally introduced in 1733. The implementation was gradual. Undated Births * 4 June – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (died 1870) * 19 July – Christian August, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1869) * 11 October – Thomas Overskou, actor, playwright and historian (died 1873) * 13 October – Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (died 1868) * 18 December – Emil Normann, painter (died 1881) Deaths * 7 September – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (born 1728) * 20 December – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (born 1742) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1798 In Denmark 1790s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1742 In Denmark
Events from the year 1742 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VI * Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Events * 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram. Undated Births * 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795) * 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802) * 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803) * 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1798) * 18 November – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (died 1781) Deaths * 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1742 In Denmark 1740s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Zoëga
Johan Zoëga (7 October 1742 - 29 December 1788) was a Danish entomologist and botanist. Johan Zoëga ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon '' Retrieved December 1, 2020 Biography Johan Zoëga was born at Ravsted in Schleswig. His father Poul Christian Zoëga was a parish priest. His cousin was the archaeologist Jörgen Zoega. He studied botany at the University of Uppsala where he was a pupil of Carl Linnaeus. He contributed to a work by Linnaeus who named the plant genus Zoegea after him. For some years he helped Georg Christian Oeder as his assistant at the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden The University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden ( da, Botanisk have), usually referred to simply as Copenhagen Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers an area of 10 hectares and is particularly .... When the position was revoked in 1770, he applied to the central administration and in 1771 became secretary of the Department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1728 In Denmark
Events from the year 1728 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick IV * Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein Events * 14 July – Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name. * 20 October – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out. * 23 October – The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless. Undated * The ''Lille Grønnegade Theatre'' in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed. * A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum Births * 26 June – Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (died 1763) * 29 July Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (died 1794) * 18 October – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (died 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Frederik Suhm
Peter Frederik Suhm (18 October 1728 – 7 September 1798), was a Danish historian. Biography Suhm studied at the University of Copenhagen from 1746 to 1751, and one of his teachers was Ludvig Holberg. In 1749 he translated a comedy of Plautus and a French theatrical piece. In 1751 he traveled to Trondheim together with the Danish historian Gerhard Schøning, with whom he continued to collaborate over the following years. Together they produced (Improvements to the old Danish-Norwegian History) in 1757. In Trondheim he married Karen Angell (1732–1788) 19 April 1752.H. F. Rørdam: Artikel „Suhm, Peter Frederik“. InDansk biografisk LexikonBand 16. Kopenhagen 1902. p. 561. She was the daughter and only inheritor of a wealthy Norwegian merchant Lorents Angell who had died the previous year. Karen Angells mother accepted the connection on the condition that they stayed in Trondheim for the remainder of her life. Suhm accepted, and stayed on in Trondheim, with a short interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 In Denmark
Events from the year 1881 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events Undated Births * 6 July – Nancy Dalberg, composer (died 1949) * 11 September – Asta Nielsen, actress (died 1972) Deaths * 9 March – Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Queen of Denmark (born 1796) * 21 June – Emil Normann, painter (born 1798) * 20 September – Martin Hammerich, literary historian and educator (Born 1811) * 24 September – Petrine Fredstrup, ballet dancer (born 1827) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1881 In Denmark 1880s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ... Years of the 19th century in Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Normann
Emil Wilhelm Normann (18 December 1798 – 21 June 1881) was a Danish painter and naval officer. Biography Normann, who initially developed his painting abilities through his own resources, became a student in Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg's private school in 1825. Despite numerous interruptions including two voyages to the West Indies in 1823 and 1830, Normann and Eckersberg kept in touch. Indeed, it was Normann's corvette that Eckersberg painted in 1827 and in 1834, as they were sailing around Zealand on the maiden voyage of the " Dronning Marie", the two went off in a rowing boat to paint the vessel in the Great Belt. Normann continued to study marine painting as a component of his education as an officer, learning to distinguish between the manoevres of the various types of ship. Thanks to his friendship with Eckersberg, he established close contacts with Martinus Rørbye, Fritz Petzholdt and Adam Müller Adam Heinrich Müller (30 June 1779 – 17 January 1829; after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1868 In Denmark
Events from the year 1868 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – C. E. Frijs Events * 24 April – A law is adopted providing for the construction of a new port at Esbjerg, until then a tiny community, a replacement for the harbour in Altona, which had previously been Denmark's most important North Sea harbour. * 7 August – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen is established. * 16 October – All Danish rights to the Nicobar Islands, which since 1848 had been gradually abandoned, are sold to the British as the last remains of Danish India. Undated * Magasin du Nord is established in Aarhus as ''Emil Vett & Co.'' by Theodor Wessel and Emil Vett. Births * 13 May – Peter Hansen, painter (d. 1928) * 25 April – Carl Wentorf, artist (d. 1914) * 26 May – Carl Johan Bonnesen, sculptor (d. 1933) * 25 October – Rasmus Harboe, sculptor (d. 1952) Deaths * 15 January – Christopher Bagnæs Hansen, furniture maker (b. 1806) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 In Denmark
Events from the year 1873 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg Events * 20 April – A banquet for the Japanese diplomatic mission is held in the Børsen Building in Copenhagen. * 5 May – The Scandinavian Monetary Union, a monetary union with Sweden, is formed, pegging the countries' currencies to each other. * 13 May – Tuborg Brewery is founded by Carl Frederik Tietgen. * 6 October – The equestrian statue of Frederick VII in front of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen is unveiled. * 17 October The king sets the foundation stone for the new Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. Date unknown * Magazine publisher Aller Media is founded. * The Danish Mathematical Society is founded at the University of Copenhagen. * ''Punch'', an illustrated conservative satirical magazine modelled on the English ''Punch'', is founded. Births January–June * 9 January – Hans Frederick Blichfeldt, Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
