1840 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VIIIChristian VIII of DenmarkChristian VIII , was king of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, king of Norway in 1814. He was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, born in 1786 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen...
- 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
- January 1 – An act establishes Copenhagen's minicipal constitution (Københavns kommunale forfatning ). The 38 members of the City Council are to be elected by the citizens whereas the three mayors and the lord mayor are to be appointed by the king as has previous been the case.
- April 9 – The first election for the new City Council is held. Only 1929 ´citizens, out of a population of circa 121,000, are able to participate in the election due to heavy restrictions in the access to vote.
- June 27 – The anointingAnointingTo anoint is to pour or smear with perfumed oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances, a process employed ritually by many religions. People and things are anointed to symbolize the introduction of a sacramental or divine influence, a holy emanation, spirit, power or God...
og King Christian VIIIChristian VIII of DenmarkChristian VIII , was king of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, king of Norway in 1814. He was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, born in 1786 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen...
at Frederiksberg PalaceFrederiksberg PalaceFrederiksberg Palace is a Baroque residence, located in Frederiksberg, Denmark, adjacent to the Copenhagen Zoo. It commands an impressive view over Frederiksberg Park, originally designed as a palace garden in the Baroque style...
, the last such ceremony to take place in Denmark before it is abolished with the introduction of the Danish constitutionConstitution of DenmarkThe Constitutional Act of Denmark is the Kingdom of Denmark's constitution, or fundamental law. Originally verified in 1849, the last revision was signed on 5 June 1953 as "the existing law, for all to unswerving comply with, the Constitutional Act of Denmark".-Idea and structure:The main...
in 1849. - September 8 – Søren KierkegaardSøren KierkegaardSøren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was a critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel...
reveals his feelings for her to Regine OlsenRegine OlsenRegine Schlegel née Olsen was a Danish woman who was engaged to the philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard from September 1840 to October 1841...
Undated
- Peter FaberPeter Faber (Danish telegraph specialist)Peter Christian Frederik Faber was a Danish telegraphy pioneer. In Denmark, he is remembered first and foremost for his songwriting...
takes the first Danish photographPhotography in DenmarkPhotography in Denmark has developed from strong participation and interest in the very beginnings of the art in 1839 to the success of a considerable number of Danes in the world of photography today...
on record at Ulfeldts PladsGråbrødretorvGråbrødretorv is a public square in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark, just off the pedestrian street Strøget.-History:Gråbrødretorv takes its name from a Franciscan friary, which was located at the site from 1238 to 1530 when it was demolished...
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...
. - Historisk Tidsskrift, a Danish history journalHistory JournalA history journal is an academic serial publication designed to present new scholarship on a historical subject, usually a subfield of history, with articles generally being subjected to peer review.-History and development:...
, is established with Christian MolbechChristian MolbechChristian Molbech was a Danish historian, literary critic, writer and editor of historical sources.Christian Molbech was raised in Sorø and in 1802 he graduated from Sorø Academy. 1804 he was employed at Royal Danish Library and was thus never formally trained as an historian...
as its first editor.
Births
- June 10 – Theodor PhilipsenTheodor PhilipsenTheodor Philipsen was a Danish painter.Philipsen has been considered an innovator of 19th century Danish art. He took Danish art into a new level of impressionism and naturalism. He was influenced by French art, this influence beginning in his first time in Paris from 1874–1876...
, painter (d. 19201920 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle , Otto Liebe , Michael Pedersen Friis , Niels Neergaard-Events:...
) - September 5 – Troels Frederik LundTroels Frederik LundTroels Frederik Troels-Lund was a Danish historian born in Copenhagen. He was the youngest son of Henrik Ferdinand Lund, Søren Kierkegaard’s brother in law...
, historian (d. 19211921 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Niels Neergaard-Births:* 14 March - Lis Hartel, equestrian athlete * 7 January – Bent Fabric, composer and pianist* 1 September – Simon Spies, businessman, billionaire...
) - November 3 – Christian FengerChristian FengerChristian Fenger was a Danish-born surgeon, pathologist, and medical instructor. In the later half of his life, he worked at several medical institutions in Chicago, and became one of the most highly regarded surgeons in the United States.Born to a farming family, Fenger studied engineering at the...
. Danish-American surgeon (d. 19021902 in the United States-Incumbents:* President: Theodore Roosevelt * Vice President: vacant* Chief Justice: Melville Fuller* Speaker of the House of Representatives: David B...
) - December 17 – C. F. E. Horneman, composer (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...
) - December 28 – Henning MatzenHenning MatzenHenning Matzen was a Danish politician, jurist and speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the parliament...
, politician (d. 19101910 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Frederick VIII* Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle -Events:* May 20 – The Danish Folketing election of 1910 is held....
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