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Louise Oldenburg

19 Jun 1724 – 20 Dec 1724

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 19 Jun 1724

    Born

  2. 20 Dec 1724

    Dies, aged 0

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1720s · Louise is born

What people wore

Skirt colors indicated status

Women used skirt colors to signal status: red for unmarried girls, green for married women, and blue for festive occasions.

Daily life

Shared living conditions in Nyboder

In 18th-century Copenhagen, Nyboder apartments often lacked private kitchens, forcing families to share a hallway-like cooking space with neighbors. People also relied on shared outdoor toilets consisting of sheds over pits that required periodic emptying by night men.

Work

Day laborer earnings in Odense

A common day laborer in Odense earned 16 skilling for a 12-hour workday during summer, and 12 skilling during winter.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Music

Common Instruments for Village Dancing

Village dances commonly featured the violin as the main instrument, alongside traditional drone instruments like the hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, and drums.

At the table

Standard colonial dietary rations

In the Danish-Norwegian colonies, daily rations consisted of porridge, peas, hardtack, rye bread, smoked pork, brandy, and beer.

News and letters

Travel time by carriage and foot

In the early Danish postal system, the route between Copenhagen and Hamburg used carriages, while others were served by foot messengers with a travel time of 8 days.