1851 in Denmark
Encyclopedia
Incumbents
- Monarch – 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 – 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...
Deaths
- March 9 – Hans Christian ØrstedHans Christian ØrstedHans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...
, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetismElectromagnetismElectromagnetism is one of the four fundamental interactions in nature. The other three are the strong interaction, the weak interaction and gravitation...
(born 17771777 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg-Births:* August 14 – Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism * October 16 – Johan Ludwig Lund, painter...
)