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1901 In Denmark
Events from the year 1901 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Hannibal Sehested (until 24 May), Johan Henrik Deuntzer Events * 3 April – The 1901 Folketing election is held. It was the first use of a secret ballot in Denmark. * 24 June – The Frilandsmuseet open-air museum is inaugurated in its present-day location north of Copenhagen. * 24 July – ''Systemskiftet'' ("the change of system"): with the appointment of the Cabinet of Deuntzer, parliamentarism is instituted in Denmark, and with the exception of the Easter Crisis of 1920 no Danish government since 1901 has been formed against the vote of a majority of the members of the Folketing. * 30 August – A royal decrete opens the King's Gate to Rosenborg Castle Garden, at the corner of Gothersgade and Kronprinsessegade, to the public. * 25 September – The Ny Carlsberg Foundation is established. * 28 November – Øksnehallen opens in the Meatpacking District in Copenhagen. Undat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901
Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minister of Australia. * January 9 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Lord Kitchener reports that Christiaan de Wet has shot one of the "peace" envoys, and flogged two more, who had gone to his commando to ask the Burgher citizens of South Africa to halt fighting. * January 22 – "Bertie", the longest-serving Prince of Wales at the time, succeeds his mother, Queen Victoria, Great Britain, Great Britain's longest serving monarch at the time, to become King Edward VII of the United Kingdom at the age of 59. February * February 2 – The State funeral of Queen Victoria, held at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, UK, is attended by many European royals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with Wheel, wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, people instead of cargo, goods. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the car, when German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars became widely available during the 20th century. One of the first cars affordable by the masses was the 1908 Ford Model T, Model T, an American car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Cars were rapidly adopted in the US, where they replaced Draft animal, animal-drawn carriages and carts. In Europe and other parts of the world, demand for automobiles did not increase until after World War II. The car is considered an essential part of the Developed country, developed economy. Cars have controls for driving, parking, passenger comfort, and a variety of lights. Over the decades, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Frederik Lütken
Christian Frederik Lütken (; 7 October 1827, in Sorø – 6 February 1901), was a Denmark, Danish zoologist and naturalist. In 1852, he resigned his commission as a lieutenant with the Danish army, and earned his master's degree in sciences the following year.Darwinarkivet.dk Christian Frederik Lütken (1827-1901) Afterwards, he served as an assistant to Japetus Steenstrup (1813–1897) at the University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum, at the time an independent institution, now part of the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Natural History Museum of Denmark. Following Steenstrup's retirement in 1885, he became a professor of zoology and director of the zoological museum. As he grew older, he suffered from physical infirmities and during the last year of his life, he was strick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1822 In Denmark
Events from the year 1822 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VI Events *28 February – Spare- og Laanekassen i Marstal, a savings bank on the island of Ørø, is founded by a group of local residents. Births * 6 April – August Ferdinand Michael van Mehren, philologist (died 1907) * 24 April – Henrik August Flindt, gardener and landscape architect (died 1901) * 17 June – Erik Bøgh, journalist, playwright and songwriter (died 1899) * 4 July Vilhelm Christesen, silver smith (died 1899) * 2 August – Ida Marie Bille, court member (died 1902) Date unknown * Georg Grothe, composer (died 1876) Deaths * 6 January John Christmas, businessman (born 1757 in England) * 4 May – Hedevig Johanne Bagger, businesswoman (born 1740) * 20 May – Otto Fabricius, missionary, naturalist, ethnographer and explorer (born 1744) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1822 In Denmark 1820s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik August Flindt
Henrik (Henry) August Flindt (24 April 1822 – 19 January 1901) was a Danish gardener and landscape architect. His specialty was manor house gardens, of which he designed around 200 in Denmark and abroad. He also designed the current University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden as well as Ørstedsparken and Østre Anlæg in Copenhagen's Fortification Ring, the former grounds of the city's old fortification ring which was abandoned in 1990 Biography Henrik August Flindt was born on 22 March 1822 in Aarhus to Brigadier General C.L.H. Flindt. He received his training as a gardener at Fredensborg Palace and Rosenborg Castle between 1839 and 1844 and was then employed as an assistant gardener at Bregentved Manor. In 1846 he embarked on a journey to Hamburg, Scotland and England. On his return to Denmark in 1851, he set up a private practice and over the following decades designed a vast number of parks and gardens, especially at manor houses around the country. In 1877, he assumed a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 In Denmark
The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick IX * Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann Events * 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act. Sports Badminton * 1417 March All England Badminton Championships ** Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles ** Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles ** Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles. Sports Badminton * 1416 March All England Badminton Championships ** Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles ** Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles. Births * 3 March Bodil Jørgensen, actress * 8 April Lars Bom, actor * 22 May Dan Frost, cyclist * 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen * 20 July Tommy Christensen, footballer * 26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress * 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete * 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjeld Abell
Kjeld Abell (25 August 1901 – 5 March 1961) was a Danish playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical designer. Born in Ribe, Denmark, Abell's first designs were seen in ballets directed by George Balanchine at Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre and London's Alhambra Theatre. Roughly the dramatic work of Abell might be divided into three phases: a) criticism of middle class conventions, b) fighting Nazism and c) criticism of post-war pessimism and urge for death. Perhaps he is the first consequent modernist among Danish playwrights with his use of a flash back Chinese box system and a growing use of symbols and parallel actions. Biography Abell worked as a stagehand and a costume designer in Paris before he got his big break as a playwright in 1935 with ''Melodien, der blev vœk'' 1935, (English translation ''The Melody That Got Lost'', 1939), which is a playful comedy about spiritual disorientation in a technological society; it is also expressionistic in that it utilizes non-ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 In The United States
Events from the year 1950 in the United States. Incumbents Federal government * President: Harry S. Truman ( D-Missouri) * Vice President: Alben W. Barkley ( D-Kentucky) * Chief Justice: Fred M. Vinson (Kentucky) * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn ( D-Texas) * Senate Majority Leader: Scott W. Lucas ( D-Illinois) * Congress: 81st Events January–March * January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S. * January 7 – A fire consumes Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, killing 41 patients. * January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his "Perimeter Speech", outlining the boundary of U.S. security guarantees. * January 17 – Great Brinks Robbery: 11 thieves steal more than $2,000,000 from an armored car in Boston, Massachusetts. * January 21 – Accused communist spy Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. * January 24 – Cold War: Klaus F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sekaer
250px, Peter Sekaer, Trailers for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tennessee, 1941 Peter Sekaer (born Peter Ingemann Sekjær; 1901 – 14 July 1950) was a Danish photographer and artist. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sekaer came to New York in 1918 to seek freedom and opportunity. By 1922 he had a reputation as a master sign painter and had his own successful business producing posters. Several years later he began to take classes at The Art Student's League. Sekaer soon became acquainted with Ben Shahn, who may have been the one to introduce him to photography and who later introduced him to Walker Evans. After 1933, he devoted himself exclusively to photography, studying with Berenice Abbott at the New School for Social Research, and assisting Walker Evans on the project of photographing The Museum of Modern Art's African sculpture collection. In 1936 Sekaer accompanied Evans, who was hired by the Resettlement Administration (RA, later to become the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 In Denmark
Events from the year 1987 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch - Margrethe II * Prime minister - Poul Schlüter Events Undated Sports Badminton * Triton BK Aalborg wins Europe Cup. * 15 March Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles and Kirsten Larsen wins gold in women's singles at the 1987 All England Open Badminton Championships. Cycling * February – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise. * March – Rolf Sørensen wins the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race in Italy. * May/June – Johnny Weltz wins the Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan. * Danny Clark (AUS) and Tony Doyle (GBR) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. * Unknown date Hans-Henrik Ørsted wins gold in Men's individual pursuit at the 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Football * 14 October – Denmark qualifies for UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany by defeating Wales in their last game in Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying and thereby winning the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogens Lassen
Mogens Lassen (20 February 1901 – 14 December 1987) was a Modernist Danish architect and designer, working within the idiom of the International Style. He mainly designed residential buildings, both in the form of single-family houses and apartment blocks. He was the brother of Flemming Lassen, also an architect. Biography Mogens Lassen was born on 20 February 1901 in Copenhagen into an artistic family. His father Hans Vilhelm Lassen was a decorative painter and his mother, Ingeborg Winding, was a painter. He trained as a mason before being admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1923, but underwent further architectural training at various practices in Copenhagen, particularly with Tyge Hvass from 1925 to 1934. During a stay in Paris in 1927 to 1928, where he worked for the Danish company Christiani & Nielsen, he became acquainted with Le Corbusier's revolutionary works which inspired him to design innovative modern houses in reinforced concrete on his return to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 In Denmark
Events from the year 1871 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg Events * 2 January – The '' Stöðulög'', laws on the constitutional standing of Iceland within the Danish realm, are passed. * 5 October – ''Den Danske Landmandsbank, Hypothek- og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn'', present-day Danske Bank, is founded. * 15 October – The Social Democratic party is founded by Louis Pio, Harald Brix and Paul Geleff. * 8 November – At '' Lyksborg Slot'', Princess Thyra gives birth to a daughter, conceived in a love affair with a cavalry lieutenant. The girl is adopted by a couple in Odense shortly after birth. Date unknown * The first private kindergarten in Denmark is established in Copenhagen by writer Erna Juel-Hansen. Kindergarten with public support are not seen until 1901. * The Danish Women's Society, the world's oldest women's rights organization, is founded. Births * 15 February – Martin Knudsen, physicist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
