Jørgen Jørgensen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jørgen Jørgensen

self declared King of Iceland, defied the crown of Denmark. Reigned for a short period

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1780

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1841

Profession: military personnel, explorer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jørgen Jørgensen (name of birth: Jürgensen, and changed to Jorgenson from 1817) (29 March 1780 – 20 January 1841) was a Danish adventurer during the Age of Revolution.
During the Action of 2 March 1808 his ship was captured by the British.
In 1809 he sailed to Iceland, declared the country independent from Denmark and pronounced himself its ruler.
He intended to found a new republic following the United States and the French First Republic.
He was also a prolific writer of letters, papers, pamphlets and newspaper articles covering a wide variety of subjects, and for a period was an associate of the famous botanists Joseph Banks and William Jackson Hooker.
He left over a hundred written autographs and drawings, most of which are collected in the British Library.
Marcus Clarke referred to Jørgensen as "a singularly accomplished fortune wooer—one of the most interesting human comets recorded in history".



Alternative names	Eckersberg; C. W. Eckersberg; C.W. Eckersberg; Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg; ChristianWilhelm Eckersberg
Description	Danish painter, university teacher and visual artist
Date of birth/death	2 January 1783	22 July 1853
Location of birth/death	Blaakrog, Varnaes (South Jutland, Denmark)	Copenhagen, Denmark
Work location	Copenhagen, Rome
Authority control	: Q363823 VIAF: 56884667 ISNI: 0000 0000 6637 0056 ULAN: 500115283 LCCN: n82212027 WGA: ECKERSBERG, Christoffer Wilhelm WorldCat