When Niels Stephansen was born in 1695, in Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Stefan Nielsen, was 45 and his mother, Kirsten Jensdatter, was 43. He married Margrethe Christensdatter on 26 December 1719, in Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died in March 1776, in Åsted, Horns, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 81, 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: German Erna, Kurt.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Stephen (see Steven ). Compare Stephenson .
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