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1519; Lucas Kranach, in 1553 ; and Sir Godfrey Kneller, in 1723. 

 Cornelius, and the sculptors, Tieck, and Rauch, are, we believe, still 

 living. Of musical composers, Handel died in 1759; Mozart, in 

 1792 ; Haydn, in 1809; Weber, in 1826; and Beethoven, in 1827. 



Under Danish Biography, we have room to give the sovereigns of 

 Denmark, only since its union with Norway and Sweden, in 1438. 

 They are Christopher III., 1438 ; Christian I., 1448; John L, 1481 ; 

 Christian II., 1513; Frederick!., 1522; Christian III., 1533; Fre- 

 derick II., 1559 ; Christian IV., 1588 ; Frederick III., 1648 ; Chris- 

 tian V., 1670; Frederick IV., 1699 ; Christian VI., 1730; Frederick 

 V., 1746; Christian VII., 1766; Frederick VI., 1808; and Chris- 

 tian VIII., 1839. Count Struensee, the minister of Christian VII., 

 was beheaded in 1772 : the elder count Bernstorffdied in the same 

 year; and the younger, in 1797. Of Danish historians, Sueno (or 

 Svend Jlageson, flourished in 1188 ; and Saxo-Grammalicus, (Lang 

 of Schonen), died in 1204. Wielandt died in 1730 ; Sneedorf, in 

 1764; and Suhm, in 1799. Of literati, Charles B. Tullin died in 

 1765 ; and Baron Louis of Holberg, of Norwegian birth, in 1754. 

 Of Danish poets, Arreboe died in 1637; Bording, in 1677; Sches- 

 tedt, in 1698; Kingo, in 1703; Lorterap, in 1722; Ewald, in 

 1781 ; Wessel, in 1786; Weyer, in 1788: Falsen, in 1808; and 

 Baggesen, in 1826. (Ehlenschlager, the poet and novelist, is, we 

 believe, still living. Tycho Brake, the astronomer, died in 1601 ; 

 and Longomontanus, his pupil, in 1647. Olaf Worm, (or Wor- 

 mius), the mineralogist, died in 1654. Professor Oersted, is, we 

 believe, still living ; as also Thorwaldsen, the sculptor. 



6. We shall commence Swedish Biography, with the names and 

 dates of accession of the Swedish sovereigns, since the last union with 

 Denmark. They are Gustavus I., Vasa, 1523 ; Eric XIV., 1560; 

 John III., 1568; Sigismund, king of Poland, 1592; Charles IX., 

 1598 ; Gustavus II. Adolphus, 1612 ; Christina, 1632 ; Charles X., 

 1654; Charles XL, 1660; Charles XII., 1696; Frederick and 

 Ulrica, 1718 ; Adolphus Frederick, 1751 : Gustavus III., 1771 ; 

 Gustavus IV., 1792 ; Charles XIII., 1809 ; and Charles XIV., (John 

 Bernadotte), in 1818. General John Banier, (Baner, or Banner), 

 died in 1641 ; and General Leonard Torstenson, died in 1651. The 

 chancellor, Axel of Oxenstiern, minister of Gustavus Adolphus, died 

 in 1654. Snorro Sturlason, the Icelandic historian, died in 1241 ; 

 and Eric Pontoppidan, bishop of Bergen, died in 1764. Erik 

 Olafsen, the Swedish chronicler, flourished in 1490 ; and Eric 

 Gustavus Geyer, (Geijer), is a Swedish historian of the present day. 

 Emanuel Swedenborg, founder of a new religious sect, died in Lon- 

 don, in 1772. Of Swedish poets, Olaus or Olof Dalin, died in 1763 ; 

 Madame Nordenflycht, in the same year ; Lidner, in 1793 ; Charles 

 M. Bellman, in 1795; and Gyllenborg, in 1808. Atterbom and 

 Ling, are, we believe, still living. Among the Swedish novelists are 

 Mork, and Livijus. Of the Swedish chemists, Bergmann died in 

 1784; Scheele, in 1786; and Berzelius is still living. Charles 

 Linnseus, (Linne), the naturalist, died in 1778 ; Artedi, his friend, 

 the zoologist, died in 1735 ; and Dr. Olaus Rudbeck, the elder, died 

 in 1702. 



