Chistian VI (1699-1746) king of Denmark and Norway from 1730. Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ...

He was the son of Fredrick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He married Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and fathered of Fredrick V.

The reign and personality of Christian VI

To posterity Christian VI is first of all known as a religious ruler. He was deeply devoted to the pietist teachings and during his whole reign he tried to impart them to his subjects. This religious pressure together with his personal lack of charm made him one of the most unpopular of all Danish absolute kings. Later historians have tried to vary this picture; they have stressed that he was not quite that intolerant as it has been said and that he was both an industrious and a scrupulous bureaucrat but the negative impression has lasted. Pietism was a movement, in the Lutheran Church, lasting from the late-17th century to the mid-18th Century. ...

His central domestic act was the introduction of the so-called adscription of 1733 (a law that forced the peasants to remain in their home region) by which the peasantry was subject to both the squires and the army. Though the idea behind this law was probably to secure a constant number of peasant soldiers it was later on widely regarded as the ultimate subduing of the Danish peasant population. Therefore this act too has damaged his reputation. It was abolished 1788. Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The pietist views of King Christian of course influenced much of his ecclesiastical polity. On the surface the king was victorious but both parsons and many common people secretly resisted the line of the king and after his death pietism lost its official support. This did not mean that it was without effects, it influenced much of the poetry of the age, among other the great hymn writer Hans Adolph Brorson. Another lasting result of the king’s efforts was the introduction of the confirmation 1736. Confirmation can refer to: Confirmation (sacrament) Confirmation (epistemology) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ...

Besides pietism and adscription building activities are connected to the name of Christian VI. He is probably the greatest Danish building owner of the 18. century and also his queen made a great effort. Among their works are the royal castle of Christiansborg (built 1732-42, burned 1794), Hirschholm Castle in Northern Zealand (built 1737-39, demolished 1812) and the Eremitage (built 1734-36, still existing). These expensive buildings were erected with the purpose of representing but they also became an economic burden of the subjects. Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen was built for the countrys three supreme powers: the royal power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. ...

His foreign politics was a peaceful one. Denmark kept strictly neutral and to both trade and commerce it was an age of advance, some new companies and banks were founded.

Personally Christian VI was a puritan of simple habits and a man with tendencies of shunning human society. From his youth he was sickly and several diseases led to his early death.

On his passing in 1746, Christian VI was interred in Roskilde Cathedral. The neoclassical memorial designed and produced by sculptor Johannes Wiedewelt was commissioned by the king's widowed wife. The marble monument was completed in 1768, but was not installed at Roskilde Cathedral until 1777. The monument includes a sarcophagus and two female figures, "Sorgen" ("Sorrow") and "Berømmelsen" ("Fame"). This was the first neoclassical sarcophagus in Denmark, and is considered to be neoclassicism’s start in Denmark. Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral (Danish: Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the Island of Zealand (Sjaelland) in eastern Denmark was the first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and its construction encouraged the spread of this Brick Gothic style throughout Northern Europe. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Johannes Wiedewelt, (July 1, 1731-December 17, 1802), Danish neoclassical sculptor, was born in Copenhagen to royal sculptor to the Danish Court, Just Wiedewelt, and his wife Birgitte Lauridsdatter. ...

Frederick IV Frederick IV (October 11, 1671 - October 12, 1730) king of Denmark and Norway from 1699. ... This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queen of Denmark, including Regents of the Kalmar Union. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... Statue of Frederick V in the center of Amalienborg Frederick V (March 31, 1723 - January 13, 1766) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Magdelena, Markgravin of Brandenburg-Kalmbach-Bayreuth. ... This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522...