TODAY - July 6
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: JULY 6
New edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Denmark 15 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 17 hours and 20
minutes – from 04.39 to 22.00.
See more – also in
English – about where you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
Today
is called DION’s DAY. The name comes
from an Italian martyr, who was killed in Rome in the year 301 AC. Perhaps it
also comes from another Dion (
abbreviation of the name Diosysitis
), who founded the monastry Athos in northern
Greece. He died in 1390 during a pilgrimage.
The
name of this day in Belgium is SAINTE GODELIVE – after a Flemish saint,
who lived in the years 1049-70. She was forced to marry a nobleman, who at the
end had her killed.
TODAY’s EVENT:
1415: Jan Hus, who wanted to
reform the church, was killed by burning in Konstanz.
TODAY’s QUESTION:
The peace of Roskilde 1658 - what is that about ?
The peace treaty between Denmark and Sweden was the biggest loss of
territory for Denmark ever - and the biggest gain for Sweden. In 1657 the Danish king Frederik III
had declared war on Sweden. He wanted to win the areas back, which Denmark had
lost at the peace in Brømsebro in 1645 (Halland, Øsel (now part of Estonia),
Gotland and the central part of Norway). The Swedish king Charles 10. Gustav was in Poland with his army. He reacted immediately
by taking his 7.000 men army up through Jutland, walk over the ice (it was
winter time) to Funen and from here further east also over the frozen sounds
reaching Zealand. King Frederik panicked and asked for peace negotiations right
away. The Swedes started with demands for a lot of land, incl. most Danish
islands. But after some days they reduced their claims. A peace treaty was
finally signed in the cathedral of Roskilde in February 1658. Denmark had to hand over big parts of the
country ( Skaane, Halland and Blekinge - which today are the southern parts of
Sweden). The treaty has the name: The
Roskilde Peace Treaty. When the
Danish chief negotiator was about to sign he said: I wish that my hand couldn't write!
King Frederik was so sadden by the loss of big parts of his country that
he asked all windows towards the east in his castle in Copenhagen to be walled
up, so that he no longer could see his old lands. And a couple of years later
he introduced an absolute monarchy, depriving the noble men of the power they
so far possessed. The royal dictatorship lasted for 188 years - until democracy
finally also reached Denmark in 1849.
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
Honey moon - where
does that expression come from? And what does it mean?
47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
EUROPE AT WORK www.europe-at-work.be
TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1.
Yesterday’s quote:
Bankruptcy
can have three reasons: women, betting or advice from experts.
This was said by the French president
Georges Pompidou.
2.
Today’s quote:
A
kiss is nothing - and everything!
Who among today's persons has said that?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
1912: Eva Braun ( died 1945 )
1927: Bill Haley ( died
1981 )
1935: Dalai Lama
1936: Dave Allen ( died 2005 )
1946: Sylvester Stallone
1946: George W. Bush
4. Famous
people died on this day:
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
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