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1907 In Denmark
Events from the year 1907 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VIII * Prime minister – J. C. Christensen Events Culture Music * 30 November Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 4 is for the first time performed in public in the Odd Fellows Mansion. Sports * Dansk Motor Klub is founded. Births JanuaryMarch * 4 February Gwili Andre, model and actress (died 1959) MarchJuly * 4 July – Henning Holck-Larsen, engineer, co-founder of Indian engineering company Larsen & Toubro (died 2003) OctoberDecember * 21 October – Nina Stroganova, a prima ballerina (died in New York, 1994) * 4 November – Henry Heerup, painter, sculptor (died 1993) * 12 December Svend Olufsen, engineer and company founder (died 1949) Deaths JanuaryMarch * 16 January – Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup (born 1831) * 24 January – Vilhelm Dahlerup, architect (born 1836) * 17 February Axel Helsted, painter (died 1847) AprilJune * 10 April Emilie West, educator (born 1844) * 28 May � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick VIII Of Denmark
Frederik VIII (; 3 June 1843 – 14 May 1912) was King of Denmark from 29 January 1906 until his death in 1912. As the eldest son of Christian IX of Denmark, King Christian IX, nicknamed the ''Father-in-law of Europe'', Frederick was related to royalty throughout Europe. He was heir apparent to the Danish throne and served as crown prince for more than 42 years. During the long reign of his father, he was largely excluded from influence and political power. Upon his father's death in 1906, he acceded to the throne at the advanced age of 62. In many ways, Frederick VIII was a liberal monarch who was much more favorable to the new parliamentary system introduced in 1901 than his father had been, being reform-minded and democratically inclined. Due to his late accession to the throne, however, Frederick's reign would last only six years, throughout which he was plagued by ill health. Frederick VIII was married to Louise of Sweden, with whom he had eight children. Their eldest s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Dahlerup
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup (4 August 1836 – 24 January 1907) was a Danish architect who specialized in the Historicist style. One of the most productive and noted Danish architects of the 19th century, he is behind many of the most known buildings and landmarks of his time and has more than any other single architect contributed to the way Copenhagen appears today. Biography Dahlerup was born outside Mariager in Northern Jutland, Denmark. He was the son of the vicar Michael Henrik Ludvig Dahlerup and Susanne Marie le Sage de Fontena.. He received his first drawing lessons in Århus in 1853. He then moved to Copenhagen and began his studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Dahlerup trained under G. F. Hetsch and J.H. Nebelong. In 1856 he won the Academy's silver and gold medals several times and finally a travelling scholarship. He exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition from 1857-59. In 1859 he received the C.F. Hansen Medal. During the period 1854-64, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 In Denmark
Events from the year 1907 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VIII * Prime minister – J. C. Christensen Events Culture Music * 30 November Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 4 is for the first time performed in public in the Odd Fellows Mansion. Sports * Dansk Motor Klub is founded. Births JanuaryMarch * 4 February Gwili Andre, model and actress (died 1959) MarchJuly * 4 July – Henning Holck-Larsen, engineer, co-founder of Indian engineering company Larsen & Toubro (died 2003) OctoberDecember * 21 October – Nina Stroganova, a prima ballerina (died in New York, 1994) * 4 November – Henry Heerup, painter, sculptor (died 1993) * 12 December Svend Olufsen, engineer and company founder (died 1949) Deaths JanuaryMarch * 16 January – Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup (born 1831) * 24 January – Vilhelm Dahlerup, architect (born 1836) * 17 February Axel Helsted, painter (died 1847) AprilJune * 10 April Emilie West, educator (born 1844) * 28 May � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1872 In Denmark
Events from the year 1872 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg Events * 1 April – The Danish Meteorological Institute is founded. * 3 August – Prince Carl, the future King Haakon VII of Norway, is born to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Louise. * 15 August – Krebs School is founded in Copenhagen. * 20 September – The 1872 Folketing election is held, resulting in a victory for the United Left. * 12–14 November – The 1872 Baltic Sea storm surge floods large parts of Lolland and Falster. 80 people are killed, 50 ships are wrecked on the east coast of Zealand and other islands, low-lying areas along the Øresund, in Eastern Jutland and on Bornholm are also hard hit. * 12 December – The central battery ironclad ''Odin'' is launched from the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen. Date unknown * ''The Book on Adler'', a book on pastor Adolph Peter Adler by philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, is publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (15 January 1872 – 25 November 1907) was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. Literary expedition With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen Mylius-Erichsen formed the Danish Literary Expedition (1902–04) to West Greenland, and, in the early stages (1902), discovered, near Evighedsfjord, two ice-free mountain ranges. The party later proceeded to Cape York and lived for 10 months in native fashion with the Eskimo. The return journey of the expedition to Upernavik across the ice of Melville Bay was the first sledge crossing on record. Denmark expedition As commander of the Denmark Expedition (1906–08) Mylius-Erichsen undertook and carried out the task of exploring and charting the entire coastline of unknown northeast Greenland by three months' field work. The expedition made sledge journeys of more than 4000 miles (6,436 km), exceeding the record of any single Arctic force. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ditlev Torm
Ditlev Emanuel Torm (24 April 1836 – 22 November 1907) was a Danish businessman and co-founder of the shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Torm. Early life and education Torm was born in Aalborg, the son of merchant and later shipbroker in Randers Ulrich Frederik T. (1801–1866) and Severine Birgitte Friis (1803–1881). He went to sea at the age of 14 and passed his exams as a navigator in 1853. He then served aboard English, German and American vessels. In 1862, he was also certified as an English mate in Hong Kong. He spent the next ten years in the Far East with only one short interruption. Career After his return to Denmark, Torm initially worked for . He left the company when he was treated unfairly in connection with the wrecking of ''S.S. Fyn''. In 1879, he started with a single steam vessel. In 1889. he then founded Dampskibsselskabet Torm in a partnership with Christian Schmiegelow. The company had an initial capital of DKK 212,000. Torm headed the office while Schmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1822 In Denmark
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number) * One of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Science * Argon, a noble gas in the periodic table * 18 Melpomene, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. * ''18'' (Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp album), 2022 Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Ferdinand Mehren
August Ferdinand Michael van Mehren (6 April 1822 – 14 November 1907 ) was a Danish Orientalist and philologist. Early life and education Mehren was born in Helsingør, the son of merchant Johann Friedrich van Mehren (1789-1853) and Claudine Amalie Liebmann (1791-1852). He studied at the Universities of Copenhagen, Leipzig and Kiel, obtaining his doctorate in 1845. In Leipzig he was a student of Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer (1801-1888), and in Kiel he studied under Justus Olshausen (1800-1882). Career In 1854, he became a professor of Semitic languages at the University of Copenhagen. In 1854 he became professor of Semitic-Eastern philology, from which position he retired in 1898. In his academic work, Mehren largely focused on Arabic poetry and prose. In 1853, he published a major work on Arab rhetoric and linguistics titled ''Die Rhetorik der Araber'', and two decades later (1874), translated into French the cosmography of the Syrian geographer Muhammed al-Dimashqi (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 In Denmark
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 183 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 Births * January 26 – Lady Zhen, wife of the Cao Wei state Emperor Cao Pi (d. 221) * Hu Zong, Chinese general, official and poet of the Eastern Wu state (d. 242) * Liu Zan (Zhengming), Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 255) * Lu Xun, Chinese general and politician of the Eastern Wu state (d. 245 __NOTOC__ Year 245 ( CCXLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Titianus (or, less frequently, year 998 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination ...) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemar Tofte
Lars Valdemar Tofte (21 October 1832 – 28 May 1907) was a Danish violinist who taught for a half century and trained over 300 of Denmark's violinists. Biography Tofte was born on 21 October 1832 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to distiller Hans Larsen Tofte (1798–1857) and Mathilde Pedersen (1812–1867). The father, who loved music and was a good violinist, wanted his son to become a musician, particularly a violin virtuoso. To that end, he took Tofte at a young age to concerts to hear great artists like Miska Hauser, Hubert Léonard, and François Prume. He also found skilled teachers: first Carl T. Petersen, violinist in Hans Christian Lumbye's orchestra, known for his beautiful bowing, and then of the Royal Danish Orchestra. In the fall of 1850, when the Music Society formed its own orchestra under the direction of Niels W. Gade, Tofte was one of its early violinists. Gade's recommendation was for Tofte to study with the "violin king" Joseph Joachim in Hannover. Tofte follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1844 In Denmark
In the Philippines, 1844 had only 365 days, when Tuesday, December 31 was skipped as Monday, December 30 was immediately followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845, the next day after. The change also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands and Palau as part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines; these became the first places on Earth to redraw the International Date Line. Events January–March * January 4 – The first issue of the Swedish-languaged ''Saima'' newspaper founded by J. V. Snellman is published in Kuopio, Finland. * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives its charter from Indiana. * February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. * February 28 – A gun on the USS ''Princeton'' explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing U.S. Secretary of State Abel Upshur, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer and four other people. Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilie West
Clara Emilie Marie West (1844–1907) was a Danish schoolteacher who is remembered for emphasizing the need to include needlework as a subject for primary school education. Thanks to her 1899 textbook ''Vejledning til methodisk Undervisning i kvindeligt Haandarbejde'' (Guidelines for the Methodical Teaching of Needlework for Girls), needlework was introduced first in schools in Frederiksberg. It soon became an integral part of the curriculum in Copenhagen and was extended to the whole of Denmark. For the next hundred years, needlework was taught in accordance with West's proposals. It was also included in teacher-training courses for primary school teachers. Early life Born on 20 September 1844 in Copenhagen, Clara Emilie Marie West was the daughter of the glazier Cay Frederik West (1827–78) and Susanne Marie Elisabeth née Larsen (1818–93). She qualified as a primary school teacher from Femmers Kvindeseminarium (Femmer's Seminary for Women) in 1876. Career From 1877 until her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
