Carlsberg is a Danish brewing company that was founded in Copenhagen in 1847 by J. C. Jacobsen, who named it after his son Carl and the hill, berg in Danish, where the brewery was built. Jacobsen was a pioneer of scientific brewing, and he set up the Carlsberg Laboratory, where the scientist Emil Christian Hansen developed methods for producing pure yeast cultures, which transformed beer production around the world. The chemist Soren Sorensen introduced the pH scale while working at the laboratory. The brewery profits support the Carlsberg Foundation, which funds research. In 1970 it merged with Tuborg, and it is now one of the largest brewing groups in the world.
Before and after
- from 15 June 1846 to 13 January 1847Conquest of California
- 10 August 1846Founding of Smithsonian Institution
- 23 September 1846Discovery of Neptune
- 10 October 1846Discovery of Triton
- 1847Construction of Carlsberg Group
- 1847Publication of Il Canto degli Italiani
- 1847Publication of Wuthering Heights
- from 1847 to 1901Caste War of Yucatán
- 1847Ignaz Semmelweis shows that handwashing prevents childbed fever
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