When Mourits Mourtisen Hoyer was born on 11 March 1678, in Denmark, his father, Mouritz Hansen Høyer, was 41 and his mother, Gjertrud Mouritsdatter Borchorst, was 31. He married Sophie Dorothea Hansdatter Wandal about 1705, in Jelling, Jelling, Tørrild, Vejle, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 30 March 1750, in Vejle, Vejle, Vejle, Denmark, at the age of 72.
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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.
Danish: patronymic from the personal name Mourits, a variant of Moritz .
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