When Knud Jespersen was born in August 1713, in Storvorde, Ålborghus, Denmark, his father, Jesper Povelsen, was 51 and his mother, Maren Knudsdatter, was 40. He died in September 1758, in his hometown, at the age of 45, and was buried in Storvorde, Ålborghus, Denmark.
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Greenland becomes Danish province.
The Danish Asiatic Company was a trading company established to revive the dwindling Danish trade with the East Indies and China. It was taken over by the Danish government in 1772 and continued to run until around 1843.
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a non-governmental science Academy founded in 1742 for the purpose of advancements of science in Denmark.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Aksel, Eilif, Jorgen, Maija, Niels, Sigfred, Sten. German Otto.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jesper, Danish and Low German form of Kasper and Kaspar , equivalents of Casper .
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