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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] |
Denmark
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Carl Johan Bonnesen
Carl Johan Bonnesen (26 May 1868 – 13 December 1933) was a Danish sculptor. He specialised in depictions of animals and exotic, "primitive" subjects as seen in the first sculpture he ever exhibited, ''A Victorious Group of Huns'' from 1889. It was soon followed by ''A Barbarian'' (1891), ''The Period of the Huns'' (1893), ''A Bedouin'' (1897) and ''A Mounted Chinese Warrior'' (1900). Biography Bonnesen was born in Aalborg. He trained to become a carpenter for two years before moving to Copenhagen where he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1887. There he studied under Theobald Stein and Christian Carl Peters, graduating in 1889. Bonnesen soon had many commissions. In 1891, at the age of 22, his first sculpture was acquired by tobacco manufacturer Heinrich Hirschsprung and cast in bronze. It is today exhibited in the garden by the Hirschsprung Collection. His most important patron was Carl Jacobsen, founder of Carlsberg Brewery, who among other pieces, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1860s In Denmark
Year 186 ( CLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (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 Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 939 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 186 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 * Peasants in Gaul stage an anti-tax uprising under Maternus. * Roman governor Pertinax escapes an assassination attempt, by British usurpers. New Zealand * The Hatepe volcanic eruption extends Lake Taupō and makes skies red across the world. However, recent radiocarbon dating by R. Sparks has put the date at 233 AD ± 13 (95% confidence). Births * Ma Liang, Chinese official of the Shu Han state (d. 222) Deaths * April 21 – Apollonius the Apologist, Christian martyr * Bian Zhang, Chinese official and gener ... [...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] |
1781 In Denmark
Events from the year 1781 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VII * Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg Events Births * 2 January – Frederik Michael Ernst Fabritius de Tengnagel, military officer and landscape painter (died 1849) * 12 June – Anne Marie Mangor, cookbook writer (died 1865) * 2 July – Erich Christian Werlauff, historian (died 1871) * 12 October – Ludvig Mariboe, Norwegian businessman, publisher and politician (died 1841) * 11 November – Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman (died 1868) Deaths * 22 February – Anna Magdalena Godiche, publisher (born 1721) * 17 March – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (born 1743) * 10 April – Reinhard Iselin, businessperson (born 1714 in Switzerland) * 30 August – Georg David Anthon, architect (born 1714 in the Holy Roman Empire) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1781 In Denmark Years of the 18th century in Denmark Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernt Wilhelm Westermann
Bernt Wilhelm Westermann (1781 in Copenhagen – 1868) was a wealthy Danish businessman who collected insects. An amateur insect collector Westermann travelled to Calcutta (India) and later to Jakarta (Indonesia) as an employee of an English business firm. At the Cape of Good Hope, in Bengal and Java he collected insects for English and Dutch friends, amongst others for Thomas Horsfield. In 1817 he returned to Copenhagen becoming a shipowner and owner of a sugar-refinery at Slotholmsgade in Copenhagen. Insects from all orders acquired and collected during the rest of his life added to his Cape, Java and Bengal insects to form a notable collection. In all there were 45,000 species in beautiful condition. The collection can be admired today in the Royal Museum Collection in the University of Copenhagen. Sources * Entom. Meddel. 15, 1936, p. 161-164, fig. 39-40 portr., p. 197-198. * Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I * Pont, A. C., 1995 Stee ... [...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 = National and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
Herman Wilhelm Bissen (13 October 1798 – 10 March 1868) was a Denmark, 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 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1799 In Denmark
Events from the year 1799 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VII * Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff Births * 3 February John Christmas. naval officer, plantation owner and acting Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (died 1873) * 22 March – Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, zoologist and zoology teacher and textbook author (died 1870) * 30 October – Emil Bærentzen, painter (died 1868) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1799 In Denmark Years of the 18th century in Denmark 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 = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ... 1790s in Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Bærentzen
Emilius Ditlev Bærentzen, usually known as Emil Bærentzen (30 October 1799 – 14 February 1868) was a Danish portrait painter and lithographer, active during the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He founded Em. Bærentzen & Co. Biography Born in Copenhagen on 30 October 1799, Bærentzen served an apprenticeship at the pharmacy in Nykøbing Sjælland but then travelled to Christiansted on the then Danish island of St. Croix in the West Indies where he worked in one of the government offices. Five years later he returned to Denmark and, after qualifying as a lawyer, moved into painting which until then he had practiced as a hobby. In 1821, he entered the Danish Academy where he studied under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. He was awarded the little silver medal in 1826 and the large silver medal the following year. He soon became one of Copenhagen's most popular portrait painters. His paintings were characterized by an elegant but sober style, free of psychological trimmings in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1806 In Denmark
Events from the year 1806 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VII * Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff Events * 27 October The Barony of Gaunø was established by Otto Reedtz-Thott (1785-1862) from the manors of Gavnø, Lindersvold and Strandegård. Undated * Flights in Copenhagen with manned hot air balloon. Births * 24 February – Christopher Bagnæs Hansen, furniture maker (died 1868) * 24 September Niels Christian Kierkegaard, craftsman and lithographer (died 1882) * 11 October – Niels Kjærbølling, ornithological writer and lithographer, founder of Copenhagen Zoo (died 1871) * 14 October – Niels Sigfred Nebelong, historicist-style architect, resident architect for the Danish lighthouse authority (died 1871) Deaths * 16 May – Frederick von Blücher, courtier (born 1760 in Mecklenburg-Strelitz) Undated * Ernst Burmeister, architect and painter (born c. 1774 in Germany) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1806 In Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bagnæs Hansen
Christopher Bagnæs Hansen (24 February 1806 - 16 January 1868) was a Danish court furniture maker. His company, C. B. Hansens Etablissement, was based in the Erichsen Mansion at Kongens Nytorv. Early life and education Hansen was born on 4 February 1806, the son of carpenter Christopher Bagnæs and Anne Stephensen (c. 1775–1854). He grew up in poverty after the early death of his father. He had to care for himself from the age of 8, working first in J. C. Modeweg's textile factory and then as a cobble-layer at Nyboder. His situation improved moderately when his mother remarried Peter Antoni, a laborer, enabling him to attend Holmen's School until beginning a chair-maker's apprentice at 14. At the age of 20, when he completed his apprenticeship, he changed his name to Hansen for reasons that remain unknown. Career In 1830, after completing his masterpiece, Hansen established his own business. He established C. B. Hansens Etablissement in 1838 when he was licensed to "manufac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
