Bajer, Fredrik

1837 - Born on the 21st of April in Vester Egede, near Naestved, Denmark.

1848 - Bajer entered the Sorø Academy.

1856 - Joined the army as a lieutenant in the Dragoons, stationed first in Naestved and then in Holstein.

1860 - He take advanced courses in another military school.

1864 - Commanded troops in northern Jutland, winning attention by his ability and conduct and earning promotion to the rank of first lieutenant.

1870 - Started the Nordisk Fristats Samfund [Society of Nordic Free States], dedicated to the promotion of Nordic unity and cooperation.

1871 - Bajer was one of Denmark's leading spokesmen for women's rights.

1882 - He founded the first Danish peace society.

1883-1889 - His proposal was adopted in principle by several international organizations.

1884 - Participated in the European Peace Congress at Bern.

1889 - Attended the first meeting of the Interparliamentary Union held in Paris.

1890 - Proposed the creation of a permanent bureau.

1891 - The proposal was approved at the congress in Rome, and Bajer was named the first president of its governing board.

1907 - Bajer's health deteriorated. He resigned from active office on the board of the Peace Bureau.

1908 - Nobel Prize in Peace.

1916 - He still kept informed on world events and, even while observing World War I.

1922 - He died on 22nd of January in Copenhagen.