Finnish dancer and choreographer (born 1881)

Maggie Gripenberg

Margarita Maria “Maggie” Gripenberg was a pioneer of modern dance in Finland. She was the first to introduce Dalcroze Eurhythmics to Finland and modeled her early works on the improvisational style of Isadora Duncan. As a dancer, choreographer and teacher, she laid the educational foundations for the study of movement and dance. She was recognized by numerous awards for her choreographic work as well as being honored with the Pro Finlandia Medal and as a knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.

Born

1881

June 11

Died

1976

Era

1880s

Country

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Maggie, in brief

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Key dates

1881 Born
1976 Died

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173 Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
631 Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang.
786 A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
980 Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.

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The world in 1976

When Maggie departed

april 1 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.
april 11 The Apple I is created.
april 13 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
april 13 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1881

Artur Phleps 1881–1944 Romanian-German general (died 1944) Béla Bartók 1881–1945 Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1945) Branch Rickey 1881–1965 American baseball player and manager (died 1965) Edith Nourse Rogers 1881– American social worker and politician (died 1960) Elizabeth Madox Roberts 1881– American poet and author (died 1941) Eulalio Gutiérrez 1881– Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (died 1939) Giovanni Papini 1881–1956 Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956) Henry Maitland Wilson 1881–1964 English field marshal (born 1881) James Newland 1881–1949 Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949)

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