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1857 In Denmark
Events from the year 1857 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VII * Prime minister – Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (until 13 May), Carl Christian Hall Events * 30 June – Hassel & Teudt is founded in Copenhagen. Undated Births * 24 July – Henrik Pontoppidan, Nobel Prize-winning writer (died 1943) * 7 December – Hans-Georg Tersling, architect (died 1920) * 9 December – Alba Schwartz, writer and novelist (died 1942) Deaths * 23 June – Christian Molbech, historian and editor (born 1783) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1857 In Denmark 1850s 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] |
Denmark
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1920 In France
Events from the year 1920 in France. Incumbents *President: ** until 18 February: Raymond Poincaré ** 18 February – 21 September: Paul Deschanel ** starting 21 September: Alexandre Millerand *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 20 January: Georges Clemenceau ** 20 January – 24 September: Alexandre Millerand ** starting 24 September: Georges Leygues Events In the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations. The Allied victory over Germany and the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France had placed France in the position which she occupied during the 17th and 18th century - that of the strongest power on the European continent. At the beginning of the year Raymond Poincaré was still president and Georges Clemenceau was still prime minister, but as both senatorial and presidential elections were due in January, important political changes occurred early in the year. At the general election for the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1850s In Denmark
Year 185 ( CLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lascivius and Atilius (or, less frequently, year 938 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 185 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 * Nobles of Britain demand that Emperor Commodus rescind all power given to Tigidius Perennis, who is eventually executed. * Publius Helvius Pertinax is made governor of Britain and quells a mutiny of the British Roman legions who wanted him to become emperor. The disgruntled usurpers go on to attempt to assassinate the governor. * Tigidius Perennis, his family and many others are executed for conspiring against Commodus. * Commodus drains Rome's treasury to put on gladiatorial spectacles and confiscates property to suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1857 In Denmark
Events from the year 1857 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VII * Prime minister – Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (until 13 May), Carl Christian Hall Events * 30 June – Hassel & Teudt is founded in Copenhagen. Undated Births * 24 July – Henrik Pontoppidan, Nobel Prize-winning writer (died 1943) * 7 December – Hans-Georg Tersling, architect (died 1920) * 9 December – Alba Schwartz, writer and novelist (died 1942) Deaths * 23 June – Christian Molbech, historian and editor (born 1783) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1857 In Denmark 1850s 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] |
1783 In Denmark
Events from the year 1783 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VII * Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg Events * 5 July '' HDMS ''Friderichsværn'' is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen. Undated Births * 2 January – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter (d. 1858) * 11 May – Peter Willemoes, naval officer (d. 1808) * 8 September – N. F. S. Grundtvig, pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician (d. 1872) * 8 October – Christian Molbech, historian and editor (d. 1857) Deaths * 14 April – Abraham Pelt, industrialist and philanthropist (born 1695) * 15 June – Ludvig Harboe, theologian and bishop (born 1709) * 17 December – Gysbert Behagen, merchant (born 1725) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1783 In Denmark 1780s 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 = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Molbech
Christian Molbech (8 October 1783 – 23 June 1857) was a Danish historian, literary critic, writer, and theater director. He was a professor of literature at the University of Copenhagen and was the founding editor of ''Historisk Tidsskrift Early life and education Christian Molbech was born and raised at Sorø on the island of Zealand in Denmark. He was the son of professor at Sorø Academy Johan Christian Molbech (1744-1824) and his wife Louise Philippine Friederike Tübell (1760-1829). He graduated from Sorø Academy in 1802. Career Molbech was employed at the Royal Danish Library in 1804. He was thus never formally trained as a historian. In 1829 he succeeded Knud Lyne Rahbek as professor of literature at the University of Copenhagen. He also functioned as the director of the Royal Danish Theatre from 1830 to 1842. In 1839 he participated in the founding of the Danish Historical Society (''Den danske historiske Forening''). In 1840, he was founder and first editor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 In Denmark
Events from the year 1942 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X * Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning (until 4 May), Vilhelm Buhl (until 9 November), Erik Scavenius Events * 4 May – Vilhelm Buhl is appointed to new prime minister of Denmark following Thorvald Stauning's death the previous day. * 11 September – Sabotage results in a fire at the German Reichdeutsche Schulen in Emdrup, Copenhagen. * 26 September – Sabotage against Adler Auto Service at Lyngbyvej 26 in Copenhagen. * 19 October – Christian X is severely injured when he falls off his horse at Esplanaden on his morning ride. * 28 October – Beginning of the Telegram Crisis. * 5 November – Werner Best is appointed the Third Reich's Plenipotentiary ('' Reichsbevollmächtigter'') in Denmark. * 27 November – The Danish Outdoor Council is founded Births * 18 February – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (died 2010) * 13 April – Poul Anker Bech, painter (died 2009) * 15 June – Birgitte Alsted, vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Schwartz
Sofie Albertine (Alba) Schwartz née Larsen (1857–1942) was a Danish writer who contributed to the social life of Skagen in the north of Jutland after her husband was appointed mayor in 1899. Her earlier writings documented the history of the town but it was not until she was in her seventies that she began writing novels, publishing ''Overlægen'' (The Specialist Physician) in 1935. Her most successful work was ''Skilsmissens Børn'' which led to the film '' Children of Divorce'' in 1939. Early life, education and family Born on 9 December 1857 in Copenhagen, Sofie Albertine Larsen was the daughter of the surgeon Søren Eskildsen Larsen (1802–90) and his wife Sophia Albertina née Matzen (1815–95). She was the youngest of the family's 14 children. Brought up in a well-to-do home in central Copenhagen, she initially aspired to become an actress and studied drama under the celebrated . In December 1882, she married the municipal lawyer Otto Georg Schwartz (1852–1915) with wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Georg Tersling
Hans-Georg Tersling (7 December 1857 – 13 November 1920) was a Danish architect who lived and worked for most of his life on the French Riviera where he became one of the most significant and productive architects of the Belle Époque. His work mainly consisted of designing mondain hotels, villas and mansions for members of the French and European aristocracy and other elite who resided in the area. His style was the Neoclassical Louis Seize style and he drew on inspiration from the Italian Renaissance. Early life and education Hans-Georg Tersling was born on a farm outside the small town of Karlebo north of Copenhagen, Denmark. His father died when he was three. He trained as a carpenter before attending the architecture school of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, receiving his diploma in 1879. Career After his graduation, Tersling traveled to France where he was employed by Charles Garnier to work on the Monte Carlo Casino where he completed the ''Salle Sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick VII Of Denmark
Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian; 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863) was King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch. During his reign, he signed a constitution that established a Danish parliament and made the country a constitutional monarchy. Frederick's motto was ''Folkets Kærlighed, min Styrke'' (Danish for ''the People's Love, my Strength''). Family Frederick was born at Amalienborg Palace to Christian VIII of Denmark and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. His maternal grandparents were Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Luise, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha. Marriages The king's first two marriages both ended in scandal and divorce. He was first married in Copenhagen on 1 November 1828 to his second cousin Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, a daughter of King Frederick VI of Denmark. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 In Denmark
Events from the year 1943 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X * Prime minister – Erik Scavenius (until 29 September), German military rule Events * 29 April – Some 100 prominent Danes are taken hostage by the occupying German forces in the attempt to stop sabotage by the Danish resistance movement. * 29 August – The Danish government resigns, leading to direct administration of Denmark by German authority. * 28 September – Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, a German diplomat, after secretly making sure Sweden would receive Jewish refugees, leaks word of the German plans for the arrest and deportation of the some 8,000 Danish Jews to Hans Hedtoft, chairman of the Danish Social Democratic Party. The result is the rescue of the Danish Jews, with most of the country's Jews escaping to Sweden. Sports * AB wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1942–43 Danish War Tournament. Births JanuaryMarch * 27 March – Jørgen Hansen, welterweight boxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist most famously known for the invention of dynamite. He died in 1896. In his will, he bequeathed all of his "remaining realisable assets" to be used to establish five prizes which became known as "Nobel Prizes." Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901. Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace (Nobel characterized the Peace Prize as "to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses"). In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) funded the establishment of the Prize in Economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
