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Copenhagen [6] (Danish: København [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area. [7] [8] The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait.
Denmark's social reformers Struensee and Brandt quartered and displayed on the wheel on 28 April 1772. New propriety and Enlightenment ideas became popular among the middle classes of Denmark, arousing increased interest in personal liberty. In the last 15 years of the 18th century, the authorities relaxed the censorship which had existed since ...
The Two Battles of Copenhagen 1801 and 1807: Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars (2018) excerpt; Gold, Carol. Women in Business in Early Modern Copenhagen 1740–1835 (2018) Gold, Carol. Educating Middle Class Daughters: Private Girls Schools in Copenhagen, 1790-1820 (1996), 243pp. Johansen, Hans Christian, and M. Phohl.
Egypt in the Middle Ages: Egypt: 641 750 Moved to Al-Askar: Al-Qata'i: Egypt Egypt: 868 905 Moved to Fustat: Fustat: Egypt Egypt: 905 969 Moved to Cairo: Qal'at Bani Hammad: Hammadid dynasty: Algeria: c. 1007 1090 Moved to Béjaïa: Béjaïa: Hammadid dynasty: Algeria: c. 1090 1152 Walili: Idrisid dynasty: Morocco: 789 808 Moved to Fez: Fez ...
Denmark's architecture became firmly established in the Middle Ages when first Romanesque, then Gothic churches and cathedrals sprang up throughout the country. From the 16th century, Dutch and Flemish designers were brought to Denmark, initially to improve the country's fortifications, but increasingly to build magnificent royal castles and ...
Viborg (Danish pronunciation: [ˈviˌpɒˀ] ⓘ) is a city in central Jutland, Denmark, the capital of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula. Viborg Municipality is the second-largest Danish municipality, covering 3.3% of the country's total ...
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [31] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
The Central Denmark Region (Danish: Region Midtjylland), ... Viborg, which has a population of 40,000 and was the medieval capital of Jutland. Administratively, ...