When Maren Pedersdatter was born in April 1716, in Sundbyvester, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Pieter Espensen, was 33 and her mother, Anna Willumsdatter, was 33. She married Peder Larsen on 2 April 1744, in Tårnby, Copenhagen, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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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.
Variant spelling of Karen .
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