1848 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – 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....
, HM Frederick VIIFrederick VII of DenmarkFrederick VII was a King of Denmark. He reigned from 1848 until his death. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and also the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch... - Prime minister – Poul Christian StemannPoul Christian StemannPoul Christian Stemann was a Danish state official and leading minister 1827-1848.Stemann belonged to an old civil service family of German origin that has created many Danish local officials. As a young man he was relatively liberal, later becoming a deep conservative...
(until 22 March), Adam Wilhelm MoltkeAdam Wilhelm MoltkeCount Adam Wilhelm Moltke was Prime Minister of Denmark from 1848 to 1852. He was the first Danish Prime Minister in the Danish constitutional monarchy outlined in 1848 and signed as the Danish Constitution on 5 June 1849 by Frederik VII of Denmark.Adam Wilhelm Moltke was the grandson of Adam...
Events
- March 21 – A large demonstration goes to Christiansborg PalaceChristiansborg Palace (2nd)The second Christiansborg Palace was a new main residence for the Danish Monarch built from 1803 to 1828 in Copenhagen as a replacement for the first Christiansborg Palace which had been destroyed by fire in 1794. The new palace was constructed on Slotsholmen, on the ruins of its predecessor, and...
, AbsolutismAbsolutismThe term Absolutism may refer to:* Absolute idealism, an ontologically monistic philosophy attributed to G.W.F. Hegel. It is Hegel's account of how being is ultimately comprehensible as an all-inclusive whole...
is abolished. - The outbreak of the First Schleswig War
- April 9 – The Battle of BovBattle of BovThe Battle of Bov was a battle between troops fighting for Schleswig-Holstein, and those for Denmark, which happened on April 9, 1848 in the area of Flensborg in Denmark, during the First Schleswig War. Denmark won the engagement...
, the first battle of the war, is won by Denmark. - April 29 – The Battle at Schleswig: PrussiaPrussiaPrussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
has now entered the war and the German side has almost three times as many soldiers as Denmark which has to withdraw to FunenFunenFunen , with a size of 2,984 km² , is the third-largest island of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the 163rd largest island of the world. Funen is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 454,358 inhabitants . The main city is Odense, connected to the...
. JutlandJutlandJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
is left open to the German troops. - July 3 – Slavery is definitively abolished in the Danish West IndiesDanish West IndiesThe Danish West Indies or "Danish Antilles", were a colony of Denmark-Norway and later Denmark in the Caribbean. They were sold to the United States in 1916 in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and became the United States Virgin Islands in 1917...
. It is officially confimed on 22 September. - October 23 – The Constitutional Assembley meets at Christiansborg PalaceChristiansborg Palace (2nd)The second Christiansborg Palace was a new main residence for the Danish Monarch built from 1803 to 1828 in Copenhagen as a replacement for the first Christiansborg Palace which had been destroyed by fire in 1794. The new palace was constructed on Slotsholmen, on the ruins of its predecessor, and...
Deaths
- January 20 – 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...
, King of Denmark (b. 17861786 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Births:* September 18 – Christian VIII, King of Denmark -Deaths:* December 29 – Johan Herman Wessel, poet, playwright -See also:...
) - February 7 – Christen KøbkeChristen KøbkeChristen Schiellerup Købke , Danish painter, was born in Copenhagen to Peter Berendt Købke, a baker, and his wife Cecilie Margrete. He was one of 11 children...
, painter (b. 18101810 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Frederik Moltke-Births:* May 26 – Christen Købke, painter * October 7 – Peter Faber, songwriter, telegraphy pioneer...
) - April 26 – Johan LundbyeJohan LundbyeJohan Thomas Lundbye was a promising young Danish painter and graphic artist, known for his animal and landscape paintings who died at the age of 29...
, painter (b. 18181818 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke-Births:* February 3 – Anton Melbye, marine painter * February 8 – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter...
) - August 29 – Martinus RørbyeMartinus RørbyeMartinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century....
, painter (b. 18031803 in Norway-Full date unknown:*Georg Pettersen, politician*Per Ivarson Undi, early homesteader in Wisconsin Territory -Deaths:*15 October - Ole Irgens, bishop...
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