When Kristoffer Due Christensen was born on 29 March 1830, in Nebsager, Bjerre, Vejle, Denmark, his father, Christen Nielsen, was 41 and his mother, Ane Cathrine Christophersdatter Due, was 24.
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The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Magasin is a Danish chain of department stores that was founded in 1868 in Copenhagen and still exists today. They can be found in Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and the UK.
North German (Düe): from the ancient Germanic personal name Dudo, which is of uncertain derivation. In some cases it is said to be a pet form of the compound name Liudolf (composed of Old Saxon liud ‘people, tribe’ + wolf ‘wolf’); in other cases it may be a derivative of ancient Germanic theud ‘people, race’.
Danish: from due ‘pigeon, dove’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a dove keeper or as a nickname.
French: variant of Duhe and, in North America, an altered form of this. Compare Duet 1.
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