1866 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian IXChristian IX of DenmarkChristian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
- Prime minister – C. E. FrijsChristian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-FrijsCount Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs was a Danish nobleman and politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 1865 to 1870 as the leader of the Cabinet of Frijs....
Births
- January 1 – Peter ElfeltPeter ElfeltPeter Elfelt was a Danish photographer and film director known as the first film pioneer in Denmark when he began making documentary movies in 1897.-Biography:Peter Elfelt was born Peter Lars Petersen in Denmark on 1 January 1866...
, photographer (d. 19311931 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Thorvald Stauning-Events:**31 August - Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.-Deaths:* February 18 – Peter Elfelt, photographer -Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime...
) - July 3 – Albert GottschalkAlbert GottschalkAlbert Gottschalk was a Danish painter. He had a close connection, personally and artisticly, to the poets Johannes Jørgensen, Viggo Stuckenberg and Sophus Claussen.-Biography:...
, painter (d. 19061906 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian IX , HM Frederick VIII* Prime minister - J. C. Christensen-Events:* September 12 – The Inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer makes a sustained bu tethered flightin his self-built Ellehammer semi-biplane on the small island of Lindholm...
) - August 31 – Georg JensenGeorg JensenGeorg Arthur Jensen was a Danish silversmith.Born in 1866, Jensen was the son of a knife grinder in the town of Raadvad just to the north of Copenhagen. Jensen began his training in goldsmithing at the age of 14 in Copenhagen...
, goldsmith, designer (d. 19351935 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Thorvald Stauning-Births:* January 16 – Inger Christensen, poet * November 18 – Erling Mandelmann, photographer-Deaths:* April 15 – Anna Ancher, painter...
) - November 9 – Georg Carl AmdrupGeorg Carl AmdrupVice Admiral Sir Georg Carl Amdrup , RN was a Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher.-Career:...
, admiral, polar explorer (d. 19471947 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian X , HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – Knud Kristensen , Hans Hedtoft-Deaths:* January 15 – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer...
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Deaths
- December 16 – 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 (b. 17941794 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Events:* January 3 – Aarhus Stiftstidende, a local mewspaper nased in Aarhus, is published for the first time....
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