TODAY - November 13
NIELS’ MORNING GREETINGS
ON: NOVEMBER 13
New edition
TODAY’s LENGTH:
This day is here
in Belgium 7 hours and 25 minutes shorter than June 21. Its length is 9 hours
and 4 minutes – from 07.55 to 16.59.
See more – also in
English – about where you are on: www.dagenslaengde.dk
TODAY’s NAME:
This day is called ARCADIUS' DAY. He was according to the legend a Christian,
who was killed by the vandals because of his belief.
It happened in 437 AD. We do not know more about him.
In Belgium the
day’s name is SAINT STANISLAS KOSTKA.
He was a young Polish Christian, who lived in the years 1550-68. He travelled to Rome, where he died.
TODAY’s EVENT:
1989: Czechoslovakia
opens its borders after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
TODAY’s QUESTION:
Roskilde Peace Treaty of 1658 - what
is that?
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 Karl 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:
Cimbrians – who
were they?
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THE EUROPEAN QUESTION FOR TODAY:
What is the EU defense cooperation?
See the answer
on my enclosed blog: https://knowing-about-this.blogspot.com
THE EUROPEAN QUESTION FOR TOMORROW:
European citizenship: what does that give you in addition to your
national citizenship?
47 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EUROPE:
EUROPE AT WORK www.europe-at-work.be
TODAY’s QUOTE & FAMOUS PEOPLE :
1.
Yesterday’s quote:
In
today's society it is almost only the artists, who do their work with joy.
This was said by the French sculptor
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
2.
Today’s quote:
You do not
see the future. But you often see the past. This is strange, because
we do not have our
eyes in the back-
Who has said that?
3. Famous
people born on this day:
354: Augustin ( died 430 )
1485: Skipper Clement ( died 1536 )
1768: Bertel Thorvaldsen ( died 1844 )
1850: Robert Louis Stevenson ( died 1894 )
1944: Jesper Klein ( died 2011 )
1969: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
4. Famous
people died on this day:
1319: Erik Menved ( 45 years )
1460: Henry the Navigator ( 66 years )
1868: Gioachino Rossini ( 76 years )
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
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