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Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn
Poul Thomsen Vendelbo de Løvenørn (born Poul Thomsen; 5 April 1686 – 27 February 1740) was a Danish army officer, diplomat and politician. He served as Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy in the 1730s and was the owner of Bregentved, Bregentved Manor. Early life and education He was born at Horsens, the son of farmer Thomas Poulsen Vendelbo (or Windelboe) (died 1693) and wife Anne Nielsdatter (1645–1708). His father died in 1693 and the mother then married customs officer Stephan Jacobsen (1664–1728) in 1694. He studied theology. Career He then travelled to Tsardom of Russia, Russia where he initially worked as a teacher and later became adjutant general at the court of Peter the Great. King Frederick IV of Denmark, Frederick IV raised him to the peerage under the surname Løvenørn on his return to Denmark in 1711. He was promoted through the ranks as a military officer and on 16 April 1722, was created Order of the Dannebrog, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of War (Denmark)
The Secretary of War () was from 1688 the administrative leader of the military in Denmark-Norway. In 1736, it was divided into separate offices for the Army and the Navy and was dissolved as part of Johann Friedrich Struensee's administrative reforms in 1770. List of office holders Secretary of War Secretary of War for the Army Secretary of War for the Navy References ;Citations ;Bibliography * * {{cite book, editor1-last=Topsøe-Jensen, editor1-first=T.A., editor2-last=Marquard, editor2-first=Emil, title=Officerer i Den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og Den danske Søetat 1814-1932, date=1935b, publisher=Pedersen & Lefevre, location=Copenhagen, language=da, volume=II Military history of Denmark–Norway 1688 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn
Poul Thomsen Vendelbo de Løvenørn (born Poul Thomsen; 5 April 1686 – 27 February 1740) was a Danish army officer, diplomat and politician. He served as Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy in the 1730s and was the owner of Bregentved, Bregentved Manor. Early life and education He was born at Horsens, the son of farmer Thomas Poulsen Vendelbo (or Windelboe) (died 1693) and wife Anne Nielsdatter (1645–1708). His father died in 1693 and the mother then married customs officer Stephan Jacobsen (1664–1728) in 1694. He studied theology. Career He then travelled to Tsardom of Russia, Russia where he initially worked as a teacher and later became adjutant general at the court of Peter the Great. King Frederick IV of Denmark, Frederick IV raised him to the peerage under the surname Løvenørn on his return to Denmark in 1711. He was promoted through the ranks as a military officer and on 16 April 1722, was created Order of the Dannebrog, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian VI Of Denmark
Christian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV of Denmark, Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he is considered one of Denmark-Norway's more anonymous kings, but he was a skilled politician, best known for his authoritarian regime. He was the first king of the House of Oldenburg, Oldenburg dynasty to refrain from entering in any war. During his reign both compulsory confirmation (1736) and a public, nationwide school system (1739) were introduced. His chosen motto was "''Deo et populo''" (for God and the people). Early years Christian was born in the early hours of the morning on 30 November 1699 at Copenhagen Castle as the second but eldest surviving son of King Frederick IV of Denmark by his first consort, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. A former heir to the throne, also named Christian, had died in infancy in 1698, and as his grandfather King Christian V of Denmark, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Danish Diplomats
The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia and China. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1740 Deaths
Events January–March * January 8 – All 237 crewmen on the Dutch East India Company ship ''Rooswijk'' are drowned when the vessel strikes the shoals of Goodwin Sands, off of the coast of England, as it is beginning its second voyage to the Indies. The wreckage is discovered more than 250 years later, in 2004. * February 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, Wilmington, Royal Colony of North Carolina, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston. * March 16 – Edward I (Moskito), King Edward of the Miskito Indians signs a treaty making his kingdom, located on the coast of modern-day Nicaragua, a protectorate of Great Britain. * March 25 – Construction begins on Bethesda Orphanage for boys near Savannah, Georgia, founded by George Whitefield. April–June * April 8 – War of the Austrian Succession: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1686 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – In Madras (now Chennai) in India, local residents employed by the East India Company threaten to boycott their jobs after corporate administrator William Gyfford imposes a house tax on residences within the city walls. Gyfford places security forces at all entrances to the city and threatens to banish anyone who fails to pay their taxes, as well as to confiscate the goods of merchants who refuse to make sales. A compromise is reached the next day on the amount of the taxes. * January 17 – King Louis XIV of France reports the success of the Edict of Fontainebleau, issued on October 22 against the Protestant Huguenots, and reports that after less than three months, the vast majority of the Huguenot population had left the country. * January 29 – In Guatemala, Spanish Army Captain Melchor Rodríguez Mazariegos leads a campaign to conquer the indigenous Maya people in the rain forests of Lacandona, departing fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Denmark
The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark, Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world, from Greenland to South America. Additionally, the museum sponsors SILA - The Greenland Research Center at the National Museum of Denmark to further archaeology, archaeological and anthropology, anthropological research in Greenland. The museum has a number of national commitments, particularly within the following key areas: archaeology, ethnology, numismatics, ethnography, natural science, Architectural conservation, conservation, communication, building antiquarian activities in connection with the Church (building), churches of Denmark, as well as the handling of the Danefæ (the National Treasures). Exhibitions The museum covers 14,000 years of Denmark, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ploug
Carl Parmo Ploug (29 October 1813 – 27 October 1894) was a Denmark, Danish poet, editor and politician. Ploug was born in Kolding, Kolding, Denmark, to assistant professor and future head instructor Christian Frederik Ploug (1774–1837) and Parmone Caroline née Petersen (1784–1860). On 6 July 1854 he married Frederikke Elisabeth née Michelsen (1834–1904) in Vartov Church. He graduated in 1829, after which he studied language and history. In 1839 he became a contributor to the National Liberal Party (Denmark), National Liberal magazine ''Fædrelandet (1834–82), Fædrelandet''. Ploug was a member of the Danish Constituent Assembly in 1848, where he belonged to Orla Lehmann and Henrik Nicolai Clausen's branch, which is usually referred to as the "left wing" of the National Liberal party. Ploug was a member of Folketing, Folketinget from 1853 to 1857, and a member of Landstinget almost continuously from 1859 to 1890. He gave the war of 1864 his warmest support, and he enco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrosius Stub
Ambrosius Christoffersen Stub (May 1705 – 15 July 1758) was a Danish poet. Life Stub was born in Gummerup on the island of Funen, but his exact birth date is unknown. He was baptized at Verninge in Odense on 17 May 1705. The son of a tailor, he was able to attend the Latin school of Odense (''Odense Katedralskole'') due to the generosity of noblemen who employed his father. From 1725, he studied theology at the University of Copenhagen. In Copenhagen he developed an interest in opera and music, nurtured by visits of touring opera companies from Italy and Germany. For a living, he worked as a poet and secretary for several noble families. After studying for almost 10 years, he left the university without a degree in 1734, and returned home. There he met Mette Cathrine Schousboe (1716-1747), a minister's daughter, whom he married in 1735. The couple lived at Mette's inherited farm which they were unable to manage well. As a result, its value soon declined, and the Stubs' li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik De Løvenørn
Frederik de Løvenørn (6 January 1715 — 15 October 1779) was a Danish naval officer who later served as county governor of Antvorskov and Jorsør counties. Early life and beckground Løvenørn was born on 6 January 1715, the son of Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn and Ingeborg Vinding. His father bought Bregentved Manor from the king on very favourable conditions in 1721. In the 1730s, he served as Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy. Career Løvenørn became naval officer in 1734. On 4 March 1740, he reached the rank of commander captain. In 1740 he also inherited Bregentved from his father but sold the estate back to the king the same year. In the same year, he was also appointed a Supreme Court justice. On 26 November 1746, he was appointed councillor (''deputeret'') in the Admiralitets- og KommissariatsKollegium. On 15 September 1747, he was awarded the title of ''Konferensraad''. From 11 August 1751 until his death, he served as county governor of Antvorskov and Korsø ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poul Vinding
Poul is a Danish masculine given name. It is the Danish cognate of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People * Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer *Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer *Poul Erik Andreasen (born 1949), Danish football player and manager *Poul Bang (1905–1967), Danish filmmaker *Poul Anker Bech (1942–2009), Danish painter *Poul Bjerre (1876–1964), Swedish psychiatrist *Poul Borum (1934–1996), Danish writer *Poul Bundgaard (1922–1998), Danish actor *Poul Simon Christiansen (1855–1933), Danish painter *Poul Skytte Christoffersen (born 1946), Danish diplomat *Poul Elming (born 1949), Danish opera singer *Poul Glargaard (1942–2011), Danish actor *Poul Hansen (1913–1966), Danish politician *Poul Hartling (1914–2000), Danish politician and Prime Minister *Poul Heegaard (1871–1948), Danish mathematician *Poul Henningsen (1894–1967), Danish writer and architect *Poul Richard Høj Jensen (born 1944), Danish sailor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
