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1866 In Denmark
Events from the year 1866 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – C. E. Frijs Events * 22 August – ''SS Ottawa'' departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New Torrk City. * 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace. * 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenahgen on board the steam ship ''Slesvig''. Births * 1 January – Peter Elfelt, photographer (died 1931) * 5 May – Thomas B. Thrige, industrialist (died 1938) * 3 July – Albert Gottschalk, painter (died 1906) * 15 July – Adolph Jensen, economist and statistician (died 1948) * 31 August – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer (died 1935) * 9 November – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (died 1947) Deaths * 16 December – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1794) References {{Year in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
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1906 In Denmark
Events from the year 1906 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX (until 29 January), Frederick VIII * Prime minister – J. C. Christensen Events * 30 January The proclamation of Frederik CIII as King of Denmark. * 12 September – The inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer makes a sustained but tethered flight in his self-built Ellehammer semi-biplane on the small outside Copenhagen, three years after the world’s first historical flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. The flight distance is 42 meters at an altitude of over 50 centimeters. * 6 November – Ole Olsen founds Nordisk Film in Valby, Copenhagen, making it the oldest continuously operating film studio in the world. Culture Music * 11 November Carl Nielsen's opera ''Maskarade'' premieres at the Royal Danish Theatre- Sports * 5 August Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1906 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Births * 27 February Søren Kristian Toubro, ... [...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] |
1866 In Denmark
Events from the year 1866 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – C. E. Frijs Events * 22 August – ''SS Ottawa'' departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New Torrk City. * 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace. * 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenahgen on board the steam ship ''Slesvig''. Births * 1 January – Peter Elfelt, photographer (died 1931) * 5 May – Thomas B. Thrige, industrialist (died 1938) * 3 July – Albert Gottschalk, painter (died 1906) * 15 July – Adolph Jensen, economist and statistician (died 1948) * 31 August – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer (died 1935) * 9 November – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (died 1947) Deaths * 16 December – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1794) References {{Year in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1794 In Denmark
Events from the year 1794 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VII * Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff Events * January 3 – Aarhus Stiftstidende, a local newspaper based in Aarhus, is published for the first time. * February 26 – The first Christiansborg Palace is destroyed in a fire. * March 27 – Denmark-Norway and Sweden form a neutrality compact. * June 11 – Friderich Christian Hager receives a commission as governor of the Danish Gold Coast. * July– August – A large timber strike hits Copenhagen. Undated Births * 4 March – Olaf Nikolas Olsen, cartographer (died 1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...) * 21 March – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (died 1838 in Denma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Albrecht Bluhme
Christian Albrecht Bluhme (27 December 1794 – 6 November 1866) was a Danish lawyer and conservative politician who was the second Prime Minister of Denmark (first time from 1852 to 1853 with title of Prime Minister, second time from 1864 to 1865 with title of council president). He led the country during the latter part of the Second Schleswig War. Biography Bluhme was born in Copenhagen, Denmark as the son of a commander in the navy Hans Emilius Bluhme. Bluhme went to Herlufsholm School, where he became a legal candidate in 1816. In 1820 he became an auditor to the 2nd Jutland Regiment and two years after also the assessor in the Land Surveyor. In 1824, he went to the Governing Council in Trankebar. He returned to Denmark and was appointed in 1831 with the title of State Council to the town and county bailiff at Store Heddinge in Zealand. In 1838 he was appointed officer of the Diocese of Aalborg The Diocese of Aalborg (Danish: ''Aalborg Stift'') is a diocese of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 In Denmark
Events from the year 1947 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X (until 20 April), Frederick IX * Prime minister – Knud Kristensen (until 13 November), Hans Hedtoft Events * 20 April – King Christian X dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his elder son, King Frederick IX. * 13 November – Prime Minister Knud Kristensen resigns following a motion of no confidence, and is replaced by Hans Hedtoft. Sports Football * Ab wins 1946–47 Danish 1st Division. It is their sixth Danish football championship. Swimming * 1014 September Denmark wins five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships. Other * 29 June The Round Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time. Births * 29 April – Jacob Holdt, photographer Deaths * 10 January – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (born 1869) * 15 January – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (born 1866) * 20 April – Christian X, Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Carl Amdrup
Vice Admiral Sir Georg Carl Amdrup (Copenhagen, Denmark, November 19, 1866 – Copenhagen, January 15, 1947), RN was a Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher. Career In 1884, Amdrup, of the Royal Danish Navy, was sent to Amassalik. After wintering, he explored the coast to the north, including an examination of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, known until then only from Inuit reports. He mapped a large length of coastline while collecting many geological and ethnological finds. By July 1885, he reached Aggas Island (67° 22' North), the furthest north of this survey. Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland Lieutenant Amdrup was the leader of a major Danish expedition in 1898-1900, the Carlsberg Foundation Expedition to East Greenland (Carlsbergfondet Expedition til Ost-Gronland). With him were botanist Christian Krause, ornithologist Knud Poulsen, and the sailors, A. Jakobsen and Soren P. Nielsen. They left Copenhagen on August 16, 1898, sailing from Copen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 In Denmark
Events from the year 1935 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X * Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning Events Sports * 15 March – Amager Badminton Club is founded. Cycling * Willy Hansen (DEN) and Viktor Rausch (GER) win the second Six Days of Copenhagen sox-day track cycling race. Football * B 93 wins tyheir sixth Danish football championship by winning the 1934–35 Danish Championship League. Births * 16 January – Inger Christensen, poet (died 2009) * 18 March – Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, mathematician (died 2022) * 22 October – Inge Eriksen, writer and political activist (died 2015) * 1 November – Svend Jakobsen, politician (died 2022) * 18 November – Erling Mandelmann, photographer (died 2018) Deaths * 15 April – Anna Ancher, painter (born 1859) * 11 May – Nanna Liebmann, composer and music critic (born 1849) * 7 July – Karen Jeppe, missionary and social worker (born 1876) * 5 September – Carl Moltke, Danish nobleman, minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Jensen
Georg Arthur Jensen (31 August 1866 in Rådvad – 2 October 1935 in Copenhagen) was a Danish silversmith and founder of Georg Jensen A/S (also known as Georg Jensen Sølvsmedie). Early life Born in 1866, Jensen was the son of a knife grinder in the town of Raadvad, just to the north of Copenhagen. Jensen began his training in goldsmithing at the age of 14 in Copenhagen. His apprenticeship with the firm Guldsmed Andersen, ended in 1884, and this freed Georg to follow his artistic interests. In 1884 he became a journeyman and in 1887 he enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), where he studied sculpture with Theobald Stein. He graduated in 1892 and began exhibiting his work. After graduation he started studying ceramics with Joachim Petersen (1870–1943). Although his ceramic sculptures was well received, making a living as a fine artist proved difficult and he turned his hand to the applied arts. First as a modeller at the Bing & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 In Denmark
Events from the year 1948 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick IX * Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft Events Sports Badminton * 36 March 1948 All England Badminton Championships ** Jørn Skaarup wins gold in Men's Single ** Kirsten Thorndahl wins gold in Women's Single ** Preben Dabelsteen and Børge Frederiksen win gold in Men's Double ** Tonny Ahm and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Women's Double* Jørn Skaarup and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Mixed Double * 22 April – Hvidovre Badminton Club is founded. Football * KB wins the 1947–48 Danish 1st Division. It is their ninth Danish football championship. Births JanuaryMarch * 27 January – Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen, philologist and gender studies scholar * 27 February Svend Hammershøi, painter and ceramist (born 1873) * 12 March – Ole Thestrup, actor (died 2018) AprilJune * 2 April – Roald Als, cartoonist and writer * 16 May – Jesper Christensen, actor JulySeptember * 3 July Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph Jensen
Adolph Ludvig Otto Jensen (15 July 1866 – 24 May 1948) was an economist and statistician of international standing, and from 1913 to 1936 the head of the Statistics Department of the Danish Ministry of Finance.Obituary by H. Kofoed and E. Cohn in ''Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift'', 1948–49, pp. 81–87. Career Jensen studied Politics at Århus University, 1885–1892, under Harald Westergaard. From 1896 to 1936, he worked at the Department of Statistics of the Danish Ministry of Finance, becoming head of the department in 1913. He took an active part in international research into statistics, as well as statistical research into economic and social issues. Publications *The chapter on "The Scandinavian Nations" in volume 4 of '' A History of Banking in all the Leading Nations'' (1896; reprinted 1971). *"The History and Development of Statistics in Denmark", in ''The History of Statistics'', collected and edited by John Koren (Published for the American Statistical Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
