When Karen Madsdatter was christened on 22 September 1709, in Lemming, Kolt, Havreballegård, Denmark, her father, Madtz Sofrensen, was 49 and her mother, Maren Simonsdatter, was 43. She married Povel Jensen on 30 July 1730, in Kolt, Havreballegård, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She was buried in Lemming, Kolt, Havreballegård, Denmark.
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The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
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.
equivalent of Katherine . It was first introduced to the English-speaking world by Scandinavian settlers in America; it has been used in Britain only since the 1940s, but had become very popular by the 1960s.
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