1794 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian VIIChristian VII of DenmarkChristian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was the son of Danish King Frederick V and his first consort Louisa, daughter of King George II of Great Britain....
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter BernstorffAndreas Peter BernstorffAndreas Peter Bernstorff was a Danish statesman and politician. He was a Danish minister, father of Christian Günther von Bernstorff, and a guardian of civil and political liberty.-Background and early career:A. P...
Events
- January 3 – Aarhus Stiftstidende, a local mewspaper nased in AarhusAarhusAarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
, is published for the first time. - February 26 – The first Christiansborg PalaceChristiansborg Palace (1st)The first Christiansborg Palace was built in Copenhagen by Christian VI of Denmark as a new main residence for the Danish monarch to replace the antiquated Copenhagen Castle which had assumed a monstrous appearance and started to crumble after several extensions...
is destroyed in a fire. - March 37 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
- June 11 – Friderich Christian HagerFriderich Christian HagerFriderich Christian Hager was a Danish colonial commander and governor.Born in Ribe, Hager was the son of the then organist at Ribe Domkirke, Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Hager , and his wife Anna Margrethe Ingwersen . Hager's father later became precentor in Copenhagen and then newspaper publisher in...
receives a commission as governor of the Danish Gold CoastDanish Gold CoastThe Danish Gold Coast was a part of the Gold Coast , which is on the West African Gulf of Guinea...
. - July– August – A large timber strike hits CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
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Births
- March 4 – Olaf Nikolas OlsenOlaf Nikolas OlsenOlaf Nikolas Olsen was a cartographer and an officer of the Danish army. He taught cartography at the Royal Cadet School and from 1830 on also at the new Army Academy...
, cartographer (d. 19491848 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – Christian VII, HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann , Adam Wilhelm Moltke-Events:* March 21 – A large demonstration goes to Christiansborg Palace, Absolutism is abolished....
) - March 21 – Poul Martin MøllerPoul Martin MøllerPoul Martin Møller was a Danish academic, writer, and poet. During his lifetime, he gained renown in Denmark for his poetry. After his death, his posthumously published fiction and philosophical writings were well received. He also devoted several decades of study to classical languages and...
, academic, writer, and poet (d. 19391838 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Events:* September 17 – After almost four decades in Rome, Bertel Thorvaldsen, accompanied by his art collections and most of his own works, returns to Copenhagen on board the frigate and where he is received...
) - July 24 – Johan Georg ForchhammerJohan Georg ForchhammerJohan Georg Forchhammer was a Danish mineralogist and geologist.Forchhammer was born at Husum, Schleswig. After studying at the universities of Kiel and Copenhagen from 1815 to 1818, he joined Hans Christian Ørsted and Lauritz Esmarch in their mineralogical exploration of Bornholm, and took a...
, mineralogist and geologist (d. 18651865 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Christian Albrecht Bluhme , C. E. Frijs-Deaths:* April 7 – Carl Dahl, painter...
) - November 13 – Frederick Christian II, Duke, prince and feudal magnate (d. 18141814 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Frederik Moltke, Fredrik Julius Kaas, Joachim Godske Moltke-Births:* May 9 – Landgravine Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel /d. 1895)...
) - December 27 – Christian Albrecht BluhmeChristian Albrecht BluhmeChristian Albrecht Bluhme was Prime Minister of Denmark 1852–1853 as head of the Cabinet of Bluhme I and again 1864–1865 as head of the Cabinet of Bluhme II....
, politician, prime minister of Denmark (d. 18661866 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – C. E. Frijs-Births:* January 1 – Peter Elfelt, photographer * July 3 – Albert Gottschalk, painter * August 31 – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer...
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Deaths
- April 26 – Johan FoltmarJohan FoltmarJohan Foltmar was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
, composer (b. circa 17141714 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick IV* Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested-See also:...
) - November 29 – Princess Sophia Frederica, princess of Denmark (b. 1758)