When Peder Nielsen Bach was born about 1673, in Budolfi, Fleskum, Ålborg, Denmark, his father, Niels Pedersen Bach, was 44 and his mother, Anne Nielsdatter Bech, was 23. He married Johanne Thomasdatter Hune on 5 July 1702, in Vester Vandet, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 27 March 1746, in Vester Vandet, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark, at the age of 74, and was buried in Vester Vandet, Hillerslev, Thisted, 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 Otto, Hans, Kurt, Fritz, Klaus, Horst, Johann, Alfons, Bernhard, Erna, Ernst.
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, Middle High German bach ‘stream’. This surname is also found in some other European countries, most notably in Denmark and France (Alsace and Lorraine), but also in e.g. the Netherlands, Czechia (see also 5 below), and Croatia.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Bach ‘stream, creek’.
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