1789 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...
Births
- February 7 – Joakim Frederik SchouwJoakim Frederik SchouwJoakim Frederik Schouw was a Danish lawyer, botanist and politician. From 1821, professor in botany at the University of Copenhagen - first extraordinary professor, but after the death of J.W. Hornemann in 1841 ordinary...
, lawyer, botanist and politician (d. 18521852 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Adam Wilhelm Moltke , Christian Albrecht Bluhme-Births:* March 1 – Martin Borch, architect * May 25 – Christian Hedemann, photographer...
) - May 28 – Bernhard Severin IngemannBernhard Severin IngemannBernhard Severin Ingemann was a Danish novelist and poet.Ingemann was born in Thorkildstrup, on the island of Falster, Denmark. The son of a vicar, he was left fatherless in his youth. While a student at the University of Copenhagen he published his first collection of poems Bernhard Severin...
, writer (d. 18621862 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall-Births:* July 28 – Fritz Syberg, painter and illustrator * August 5 – Knud Arne Petersen, architect and artistic director...
) - October 15 – William Christopher ZeiseWilliam Christopher ZeiseWilliam Christopher Zeise was a Danish organic chemist. He is best known for the first organometallic compound to be synthesized, named Zeise's salt in his honor. He also discovered the xanthates in 1823....
, chemist (d. 18471847 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – Christian VII* Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann-Events:* November 10 – The first beer is brewed at J.C. Jacobsen's new Carlsberg brewery on Valby Hill in Copenhagen.-Deaths:...
) - October 30 – Princess Louise CharlottePrincess Louise Charlotte of DenmarkPrincess Louise Charlotte of Denmark was a princess of Denmark.She was born in Christiansborg Palace to Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.-Marriage:On 10 November 1810 in Amalienborg Palace...
, princess of Denmark (d. 18641864 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Ditlev Gothard Monrad , Christian Albrecht Bluhme-Events:* February 1 – The Second Schleswig War breaks out after the First Schleswig War had left the Schleswig-Holstein Question unsettled when Treussia-Austria crosses the...
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