1888 in Denmark
Encyclopedia
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 – J. B. S. EstrupJacob Brønnum Scavenius EstrupJacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, , was a Danish politician, member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Minister from 1875 to 1894 as the leader of the Cabinet of Estrup.-Biography:Estrup was son of the...
Undated
- The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 takes place in 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 15 – Sophus NielsenSophus NielsenSophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen was a Danish amateur football player and manager, and the first player in history to score ten goals in a full national team match. Nielsen scored a total 16 goals in 20 games for the Denmark national football team, and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912...
, footballer (d. 19631963 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag-Births:* 7 April – Fredrik Lundin, jazz saxophonist* 14 July – Jan Mølby, football player, football coach...
) - March 30 – Einar Utzon-FrankEinar Utzon-FrankAksel Einar Utzon-Frank was a Danish sculptor and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. During his lifetime, he produced a large number of sculptures, many of which stand as public monuments...
, sculptor (d. 19551955 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft , H. C. Hansen-See also:...
) - April 26 – Olaf HenriksenOlaf HenriksenOlaf Henriksen was a Major League Baseball outfielder who remains to date the only Danish-born person ever to play in the major leagues...
, Major LeagueMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
baseball player (d. 19621962 in the United States-January:* January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs are activated. SEAL Team One is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.* January 2 – NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins praises U.S. President John F...
) - July 15 – Svend BilleSvend BilleSvend Bille was a Danish stage and film actor.-Filmography:*Den hvide slavehandel - 1910*Balletdanserinden - 1911*Den hvide slavehandels sidste offer - 1911*Vampyrdanserinden - 1912*Atlantis - 1913...
, actor (d. 19731973 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II* Prime minister - Anker Jørgensen , Poul Hartling-Events:* 4 December - Danish parliamentary election, 1973 is held, it is later to become known as the Landslide Election , because 5 new parties got elected, and more than half the members of the...
) - December 15 – Kaare Klint, architect (d. 19541954 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft...
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Deaths
- February 29 – Wilhelm SponneckWilhelm SponneckWilhelm Carl Eppingen Sponneck was a Danish nobleman and Minister of Finance. In 1863, he accompanied 17 year old Prince Vilhelm of Denmark to Greece where Vilhelm had just been elected king...
, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (b. 18151815 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke-Births:* February 16 – Wilhelm Sponneck, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister * December 29 – Hans Jørgen Hammer, painter...
) - August 8 – Jørgen RoedJørgen RoedJørgen Roed, , Danish portrait and genre painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting, was born in Ringsted to Peder Jørgensen Roed and wife, Ellen Hansdatter.-Growing up:...
, painter (b. 18081808 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII , HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff-Events:...
) - August 14 – Carl Christian HallCarl Christian HallCarl Christian Hall , Danish statesman, son of the highly respected artisan and train-band colonel Marls Hall, was born at Christianshavn....
, politician, Danish prime minister (b. 18121812 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Frederik Moltke-Births:* February 25 – Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister * March 8 – Louis Gurlitt, painter...
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