1829 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Frederick VIFrederick VI of DenmarkFrederick VI reigned as King of Denmark , and as king of Norway .-Regent of Denmark:Frederick's parents were King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Wales...
- Prime minister – Otto JoachimOtto Joachim (politician)Otto Joachim, greve Moltke til Stridfeld og Walkendorf was the Minister of State of Denmark from 1824 to 1842. He was descended from Adam Gottlob Moltke, who had exercised extensive political power during the reign of Frederick V....
Events
- June 7 – C. F. HansenChristian Frederik HansenChristian Frederik Hansen , known as C.F. Hansen, was the leading Danish architect between the late 18th century and the mid 19th century, and on account of his position at the Royal Danish Academy of Art the most powerful person in artistic circles for many years...
's new Church of Our LadyChurch of Our Lady (Copenhagen)The Church of Our Lady is the cathedral of Copenhagen and the National Cathedral of Denmark. It is situated on Vor Frue Plads and next to the main building of the University of Copenhagen....
in Copenhagen inaugurated after the previous building was destroyed in the British Bombardement of CopenhagenBattle of Copenhagen (1807)The Second Battle of Copenhagen was a British preemptive attack on Copenhagen, targeting the civilian population in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet and in turn originate the term to Copenhagenize.-Background:Despite the defeat and loss of many ships in the first Battle of Copenhagen in...
in 1807. - November 5 – The College of Advanced TechnologyTechnical University of DenmarkThe Technical University of Denmark , often simply referred to as DTU, is a university just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions, and the...
(DTU) is inaugurated with Hans Christian ØrstedHans Christian ØrstedHans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...
, who had also been one of the driving forces behind its establishment, as its first principal.
Undated
- Adam Oehlenschläger is publicly crowned with laurel by the Swedish poet Esaias TegnerEsaias TegnérEsaias Tegnér , was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epos Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man...
in front of the high altar in Lund CathedralLund CathedralThe Lund Cathedral is the Lutheran cathedral in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the bishop of Lund of the Church of Sweden.- History :...
, as the "Scandinavian King of Song.". The event cements his position as the leading proponant of RomanticismRomanticismRomanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
in the region and in the same time heralds the emergence the ScandinavismScandinavismScandinavism and Nordism are literary and political movements that support various degrees of cooperation between the Scandinavian or Nordic countries...
movement.
Births
- January 29 – Ludvig Lorenz, mathematician and physicist (d. 18911891 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup-Births:* April 7 – Ole Kirk Christiansen,entrepreneur and businessman, inventor of Lego * October 1 – Svend Methling, actor -Deaths:...
) - February 7 – Theobald SteinTheobald SteinTheobald Stein was a Danish sculptor. He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and served as its director from 1883 to 1886....
, sculptor (d. 19011901 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Hannibal Sehested , Johan Henrik Deuntzer-Events:* April 3 – A Folketing election is held...
) - March 19 – Carl Frederik TietgenCarl Frederik TietgenCarl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. The founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still in operation today, he played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark...
, financier, businessman (d. 19011901 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Hannibal Sehested , Johan Henrik Deuntzer-Events:* April 3 – A Folketing election is held...
) - December 20 – Hans Peter HansenHans Peter HansenHans Peter Hansen was a Danish xylographer who specialized in portraits.He first learned the profession of watchmaking before studying woodcutting under Hans Christian Henneberg, Johann Adolf Kittendorff, and Johan Peter Aagaard...
, xylographer (d. 18991899 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Hugo Egmont Hørring-Births:* March 2 – Harald Agersnap, composer, educator and musician * March 11 – Frederik IX, King of Denmark...
)
Deaths
- January 21 – Kamma RahbekKamma RahbekKamma Rahbek , née Heger , was a Danish artist, salonist and lady of letters....
, salonist and lady of letters (b. 17751775 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg-Events:* May 1 – The Royal Copenhagen manufactory is founded by the chemist Frantz Heinrich Müller, who is given a 50-year monopoly to create porcelainand in Denmark, and begins operations in a converted...
) - February 18 – Olfert FischerOlfert FischerJohan Olfert Fischer was a Danish officer in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He commanded the Dano-Norwegian fleet against British forces under Lord Nelson during the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801.-Life and career:...
, vice admiral (b. 1747) - March 4 – Grímur Jónsson ThorkelinGrímur Jónsson ThorkelinGrímur Jónsson Thorkelín was an Icelandic -Danish scholar, who became the National Archivist of Denmark and Professor of Antiquities at Copenhagen University....
, scholar, archivist (b. 17521752 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick V* Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg-Births:* October 8 – Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin, scholar, archivist -See also:...
) - October 25 – Andreas Birch, academic, bishop (b. 17581758 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick V* Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg-Births:* November 6 – Andreas Birch, academic, bishop * November 16 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, author -See also:...
) - December 18 – Christen BergChristen BergChristen Poulsen Berg was a Danish liberal politician and editor. Often just referred to as “C. Berg”....
, politician (d. 18911891 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup-Births:* April 7 – Ole Kirk Christiansen,entrepreneur and businessman, inventor of Lego * October 1 – Svend Methling, actor -Deaths:...
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