Lorentz Christophersen Fitz was born in 1707, in Hjørring, Denmark. He married Marie Magdalene Karboe on 15 December 1733, in Tjæreby, Korsør, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1769, in Sindal, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 62, and was buried in Sindal, Sindal, Vennebjerg, Hjørring, 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.
English: from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (from Latin filius), used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name and then conventionalized as a hereditary surname, or short for a surname of which fiz ‘son’ was the first element, for example Fitzhenry and Fitzroy .
Altered form of English Fitch .
German: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vinzenz (see Vincent ) or Vitus (see Vito , compare Veit ). Compare also Fietz .
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