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HDMS Grønland (1756)
HDMS ''Grønland'' (Greenland) was a ship of the line of the Dano-Norwegian Navy, built in 1756six technical drawings of this ship are available on-line at thDanish Naval Museum website (click vis) and decommissioned in 1791. ''Grønland'' spent considerable time in the Mediterranean Sea, where she protected Danish merchant convoys. ''Grønland'' took part in the bombardment of Algiers in 1770 but otherwise did not see any action in battle. It is noted in the Danish Admiralty's papers that she was an unusually seaworthy ship. Convoys in the Mediterranean Sea During the first years in service ''Grønland'' spent a significant part of her time in the Mediterranean Sea, where she escorted Danish merchant ships. Denmark-Norway was not part in the seven-years' war (1756–63) and the merchant fleet was thus threatened by both French and British privateers. Although Denmark-Norway was neutral the French merchant brothers Couturier had persuaded the Danish King Frederik V to provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HDMS Falster (1760)
HDMS may refer to: * ''His/Her Danish Majesty's Ship'' (in Danish, ''KDM''), ship prefix for Denmark's Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy ( da, Søværnet) is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland). O ... * Hexamethyldisilazane, chemical reagent {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Hoogland
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon ( hu, links=no, Simon), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * ''Simon Necronomicon'' (1977), a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as "Simo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803)
Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803) was a naval officer and admiral in the service of the Danish Crown. Personal life The son of Commander Hans Kaas and Agatha Rodsteen nee Banner, Frederik Christian Kaas was born on 1 December 1725Project Runeberg - DB/ref> at Rydbjerg near Ringkøbing fjord.Topsøe-Jensen Vol 1 pages 702–705 In 1748 he was granted leave to travel to Holland at his own expense for treatment of a wound on one cheek. He married his first wife, Susanne Jacoba Fabritius, in 1757 (she died 1762). In 1764, after a period of dubious health, he married his second wife, Christine Elisabeth Birgitte Juul. Service career and promotions *1739 Cadet *1743 Junior Lieutenant in the snow ''Hekla'' acting as the cadet training ship, and then 1745 -1746 with the frigate ''Falster'' to the Mediterranean, where his ship joined the squadroncommanded by Ulrik Danneskiold-Samsøe off Algiers.Topsøe-Jensen in DBL *From 1746 as a Senior Lieutenant. He held various appointments at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gottlob Ferdinand Moltke
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Book of Genesis, Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish–Algerian War
The Danish–Algerian War was a conflict lasting from 1769 to 1772 between Denmark–Norway and Ottoman Algeria, Deylik of Algiers which was a province of the Ottoman Empire, but it was mostly functionally independent. It is also known as the Algerian Expedition, or "The War Against Algeria". Background and beginning of conflict Danish-Norwegian trade in the Mediterranean greatly expanded in the mid 1700s. In order to protect their lucrative business against piracy, Denmark–Norway had secured a peace deal with the states of Barbary Coast, involving the payment an annual tribute to the individual rulers of those states and additionally to the States. In 1766 Baba Mohammed ben-Osman became Dey of Algiers. He demanded that the annual payment made by Denmark–Norway should be increased, and he should receive new gifts. Denmark–Norway refused the demands. Shortly after, Algerian pirates hijacked three Danish-Norwegian ships and sold the crew into slavery. Response A punitive ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural History Museum Of Denmark
The Natural History Museum of Denmark ( da, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum) is a natural history museum located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was created as a 1 January 2004 merger of Copenhagen's Zoological Museum, Geological Museum, Botanical Museum and Central Library, and Botanical Gardens. It is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen. History The Natural History Museum of Denmark was established on 1 January 2004 by the merging of four long-standing institutions: the Botanical Garden, the Botanical Museum & Central Library, the Geological Museum, and the Zoological Museum. The history of the individual departments, which now are part of the united Natural History Museum of Denmark, can be traced back to the 17th century. One historical figure in particular played a crucial role in the creation of the Danish national heritage, namely Ole Worm Ole Worm (13 May 1588 – 31 August 1654), who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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