Bagge, Diderich

Handdrawn map of Frederiks Bay on Great Nicobar, 1756. By D. Bagge and Ziervogel (The Royal Danish Collection. H. M. Dronningens Håndbibliotek)

Født ca. 1728. Died?? (Kbh Folketælling 1787)

Family

Marriage: By 1787, he was married to Bagge, Cornelia (Kbh Folketælling 1787)

Children: Bagge, Jacob, who was unmarried at the age of 21 and was engaged in an unknown activity with China (Kbh Folketælling 1787). Bagge, Cornelia, daughter, who was 29 years old in 1787, and unmarried (Kbh Folketælling 1787). Bagge, Christian, son, 23 years old in 1787 and volunteur in the China trade (Kbh Folketælling 1787)

Timeline

1748 - Listed as captain of the ship RIGERNES ØNSKE (a frigate), built around 1745, and bought for Almindeligt Handelsselskab (jmarcussen.dk)

1752 - Hired as second officer by the Asiatic Company (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1753 - Sailed on board the ship SYDERMANLAND to Trankebar (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1754 - Hired as skipper on board the newly acquired "inland" ship KONGEN AF DANMARK (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1755 - As captain, he sailed the ship KONGEN AF DANMARK on the first Danish expedition to colonise the Nicobar Islands (Møller 1797)

1756 - Helped draw up the map of the Nicobar Islands as shown on this page (Kongernes Samling)

1757 - Transferred to the ship Kiøbenhavn, where he was patriated back to Denmark, returned in 1758 (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia). In the National Archives, there should be a Skibsjournal for Ostindiefarere, number 781, which should be a journal written by Diderich Bagge on his journey on the ship Kiøbenhavn from 1755-1758 (Asiatiske, vestindiske og guineiske handelskompagnier, Vejledende arkivregistraturer, Bro-Jørgensen & Rasch, 1969, 65)

1759 - Engaged as captain on board a ship bound for St. Croix (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1760 - Returned from St. Croix (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1761 - As captain, he sailed the ship GREV MOLTKE to India. The ship burned on the coast near Negapatnam 30 May 1763 (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1764-66 - Sailed to China as overstyrmand and vicekaptajn on the ship DRONNING SOPHIA MAGDALENA (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1767 - Travelled to the East Indies on board the ship Rigernes Ønske as captain (kaptajn), but had to return after they went aground in order to repair the ship in Copenhagen (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1767-69 - Travelled to the East Indies, with the same ship? (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1771-73 - Travelled to the East Indies as captain on board the ship DRONNING CAROLINE MATHILDE (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1773-75 - Travelled to the East Indies on board the ship GANGES (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1775-77 - Travelled to East Indies on board the ship RIGERNES ØNSKE (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1776 - 9 July, Diderich Bagge arrived to Trankebar according to Neue Eurpäisches Zeiting, 1777

1777-79 - Travelled to East Indies on board the ship RIGERNES ØNSKE (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1780-81 - Travelled to East Indies on board the ship Rigernes Ønske (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1782-83 - Travelled to China as captain on board the ship KONGEN AF DANMARK (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

1784-86 - Travelled to China and Trankebar as captain on board the ship MARS, still employed by the Asiatic Company (Larsen Ostindiske Personalia)

Property

In 1787, Diderich Bagge and his family as well as one female servant aged 21 lived in Amagertorv 54, probably around what is today Amagertorv 17 (Folketælling Kbh 1787)