When Ane Christensdatter was born in 1729, in Klovby, Ubby, Kalundborg, Denmark, her father, Christen Madsen, was 36 and her mother, Lisbeth Sorensdatter, was 36. She married Jacob Terkelsen on 26 February 1768, in Ubby, Kalundborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 20 March 1803, in Holbæk, Denmark, at the age of 74.
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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.
The Old City Hall was built in 1762 and served as the city hall until 1912. the Hall was modelled after the City Hall that was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire in 1795. Today the building is used only for ceremonial and representative purposes.
From Old Norse Ari, originally a byname meaning ‘eagle’, or else a short form of any of the compound names with this first element.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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