When Conrad Pedersen Dyrskjøt was born in 1688, in Bagterp, Bistrup, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Peder Laursen Dyrskjøt, was 58 and his mother, Kirsten Jensdatter Steen, was 45. He married Kirsten Jensdatter on 18 January 1711, in Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 5 June 1768, in Ravnshøj, Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 80, and was buried in Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark.
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The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Niels, Bjorn, Knud, Nils, Anders, Jorgen, Egil, Einer, Knut, Peer.
Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Peder (see Peter ). This surname is also found in northern Germany. Compare Petersen 2 and Peterson 1.
English: variant of Peterson .
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