1861 in Denmark
Events from the year 1861 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VII[1]
- Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall
Events
A sitting King Frederik VII visiting the archeological excavations at Jelling in July 1. Drawing by Jacob Kornerup
King Frederik VII's arrival for the consecration ceremony of St. John's Church
- July – The archaeological excavations at the Jelling Stones are resumed under supervision of Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae and later that month visited by King Frederik VII personally.
- 25 August – St. John's Church in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen is consecrated at a ceremony attended by King Frederik VII. It is first church to be built outside the city's old fortification ring when it was decommissioned.[2]
- 13 September – The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark is founded.
Publications
- 2 March – New Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
Births
January–March
- 10 February – Walter Christmas, author (died 1924)
- 14 February – Peter Ilsted, artist and printmaker (died 1933)
April–June
- 1 April – Ivar Knudsen, engineer (died 1920)
- 27 April – Johan Skjoldborg, author (died 1936)
- 29 April – Holger Hvidtfeldt Jerichau, painter (died 1900)
- 22 May – Johannes Georg Forchhammer, physicist (died 1938)
July–September
- 10 September – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, sculptor (died 1941)
- 25 September – Rasmus Andersen, sculptor (died 1930)
Deaths
- 2 April – Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (born 1797)
- 1 May – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver (born 1803)
- 28 August – Jonas Collin, philanthropist (born 1776)
- 17 September – Julius Friedlænder, painter (born 1810)
References
- "Frederick VII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- "Sankt Johannes Kirke". Sankt Johannes Kirke. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
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