Niels Ebbesen, died November 2, 1340, Danish squire and national hero, known for his killing of Count Gerhard III. November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... Events Europe has about 74 million inhabitants. ... Sir Galahad, a hero of Arthurian legend In many myths and folk tales, a hero is a man or woman (the latter often called a heroine), traditionally the protagonist of a story, legend or saga, commonly possessed of abilities or character far greater than that of a typical person, which... Gerhard III of Holstein (Rendsburg) (about 1292-April 1, 1340). ...

Little is known of Ebbesen’s background. He seems to have belonged to the Jutlandish gentry. Like many other of his class he probably supported the Holstein occupants during the years of chaos but later on he turned against them and when Count Gerhard campaigned in Jutland 1340 Ebbesen at any rate supported the Jutlandish guerrilla. The night of April 1st he and some of his warriors got into the Count’s headquarter in Randers, entered his bedroom, killed him together with some of his men and managed to escape. During the following rebellion Niels Ebbesen played a main role in the resistance but he was killed the same year during a fight against the Germans. Before the Industrial Revolution, the gentry was located between the yeomanry and the nobility. ... Distinguish from the type of ape called a gorilla. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Randers is a town in central Denmark, located in Randers municipality in Jutland. ...

Traditionally Niels Ebbesen has been regarded one of the great heroes of Danish Medieval history, the “tyrant slayer” whose action meant the beginning liberation of Denmark. Yet some also disapproved of his act regarding it as simple murder. Whether his motives were purely national or partly private is impossible to state. This has not prevented that both contemporary ballads and later romantic Danish poetry have praised him as a freedom fighter. A fictive statue representing him was erected 1882 in Randers. As late as 1942 the dramatist Kaj Munk portrayed him in a play that was prohibited by the Germans. Look up Liberation on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberation is based on the word liberty, related to the word liberal (Monish Modi), and it is often understood as to be freed (or change) from not having freedom to having freedom. A major use of the word is the act of... A ballad is a story in song, usually a narrative song or poem. ... Romantic and romanticism have a number of uses: Titles: Romantic (song) by Karyn White. ... This article is about the year. ... Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (mostly referred to as Kaj Munk) (January 13, 1898 - January 4, 1944) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his martyrdom during Word War II. He was born Kaj Harald Leininger Petersen at Lolland, Denmark. ...

References

• Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, vol. 4, Copenh. 1980.
  
• Politikens Danmarkshistorie, vol. 4 by Erik Kjersgaard, Copenh. 1962.
  
• Jyske Krønike, transl. by Rikke Agnete Olsen. Aarhus, 1995.