See also:

• FREDERICIA (FRIEDERIc1A)

FREDERICIA (FRIEDERIc1A)  , a seaport of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, near the S.E. corner of See also:

• JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

Jutland, on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• SHORE

shore of the Little See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

Belt opposite the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Fiinen . Pop . (Igor) 12,714 . It has railway communication with both See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, and a See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry connects with Middelfart, a seaside resort and railway station on Fiinen . There is a considerable See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and the See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries comprise the manufacture of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt and See also:

• CHICORY

chicory, and of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton goods and hats . A small fort was erected on the site of See also:

• FREDERICIA (FRIEDERIc1A)

Fredericia by See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian IV. of Denmark, and his successor, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick III., determined about 165o to make it a powerful fortress . See also:

• FREE

Free exercise of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion was offered to all who should See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in the new See also:

• TOWN

town, which at first See also:

• BORE

bore the name of Frederiksodde, and only received its See also:

• PRESENT

present designation in 1664 . In 1657 it was taken by See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm by the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• WRANGEL, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ERNST, COUNT VON (1784–1877)
• WRANGEL, KARL GUSTAV VON (1613-1676)

Wrangel, and in 1659, after the fortress had been dismantled, it was occupied by Frederick See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg . It was not till 1709—1710 that the See also:

• WORKS

works were again put in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . In 1848 no See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made by the Danes to oppose the Prussians, who entered on the 2nd of May, and maintained their position against the Danish gunboats . During the See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice of 1848—1849 the fortress was strengthened, and soon afterwards it stood a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of two months, which was brought to a glorious See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close by a successful sortie on the 6th of See also:

• JULY

July 1849 . In memory of the victory several monuments have been erected in the town and its vicinity, of which the most noticeable are the See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue of the Danish See also:

• LAND

Land Soldier by Bissen (one of Thorvaldsen's pupils), and the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

barrow over 500 Danes in the See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Trinity See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, with a bas-See also:

• RELIEF

relief by the same sculptor .

On the outbreak of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1864, the fortress was again strengthened by new works and an entrenched See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp; but the Danes suddenly evacuated it on the 28th of See also:

• APRIL

April after a siege of six See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks . The Austro-Prussian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army partly destroyed the fortifications, and kept See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the town till the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace .