1856 in Denmark
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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 – Peter Georg BangPeter Georg BangPeter Georg Bang was a Danish politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark 1854-1856 as leader of the Cabinet of Bang....
(18 October), Carl Christoffer Georg AndræCarl Christoffer Georg AndræCarl Christoffer Georg Andræ was a Danish politician and mathematician. From 1842 until 1854, he was professor of mathematics and mechanics at the national military college. Andræ was elected to the Royal Danish Academy in 1853...
Births
- September 6 – Hack KampmannHack KampmannHack Kampmann was a Danish architect. His parents were the priest Christian Peter Georg Kampmann and Johanne Marie Schmidt...
, architect (d. 19201920 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle , Otto Liebe , Michael Pedersen Friis , Niels Neergaard-Events:...
) - October 28 – Mary SteenMary SteenMary Dorothea Frederica Steen was a Danish photographer and feminist. At the age of 28, she opened a studio in Copenhagen where she specialized in indoor photography. She later became Denmark's first female court photographer, working not only with the Danish royals but, at the invitation of...
, photographer (d. 19391939 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Thorvald Stauning-Deaths:* April 7 – Mary Steen, photographer * August 3 – August Enna, composer * December 20 – Fritz Syberg, artist and illustrator...
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Deaths
- March 26 – Johan Laurentz JensenJohan Laurentz JensenJohan Laurentz Jensen, often referred to as J. L. Jensen was a Danish artist who specialized in flower painting.-Biography:...
, painter (born 18001800 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff-Events:* 4 July – St. Nicolas Church, one of the four Medieval churches in Copenhagen, is closed....
) - July 14 – Michael Gottlieb BindesbøllMichael Gottlieb BindesbøllMichael Gottlieb Birckner Bindesbøll was a Danish architect active during the Danish Golden Age in the first half of the 19th century. Most known for his design of Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, he was a key figure in the stylistic shift in Danish architecture from late classicism to Historicism...
, architect (born 18001800 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff-Events:* 4 July – St. Nicolas Church, one of the four Medieval churches in Copenhagen, is closed....
) - July 21 – Emil AarestrupEmil AarestrupCarl Ludwig Emil Aarestrup was a Danish erotic poet.-Life:Aarestrup was born in Copenhagen, and died in Odense. He graduated in 1827 majoring in medicine. That same year, he married Caroline Aagard and they settled down in Nysted, on the Danish island of Lolland where he lived for most of his life...
, poet (born 18001800 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff-Events:* 4 July – St. Nicolas Church, one of the four Medieval churches in Copenhagen, is closed....
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