1865 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian IXChristian IX of DenmarkChristian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
- Prime minister – Christian Albrecht BluhmeChristian Albrecht BluhmeChristian Albrecht Bluhme was Prime Minister of Denmark 1852–1853 as head of the Cabinet of Bluhme I and again 1864–1865 as head of the Cabinet of Bluhme II....
(until 6 November), C. E. FrijsChristian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-FrijsCount Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs was a Danish nobleman and politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 1865 to 1870 as the leader of the Cabinet of Frijs....
Deaths
- April 7 – Carl DahlCarl DahlNiels Carl Michaelius Flindt Dahl, usually known as Carl Dahl, was a Danish marine painter during the Golden Age of Danish Painting.-Biography:...
, painter (born 18121812 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Frederik Moltke-Births:* February 25 – Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister * March 8 – Louis Gurlitt, painter...
) - May 21 – Christian Jürgensen ThomsenChristian Jürgensen ThomsenChristian Jürgensen Thomsen was a Danish archaeologist.In 1816 he was appointed head of 'antiquarian' collections which later developed into the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. While organizing and classifying the antiquities for exhibition, he decided to present them chronologically...
, archaeologist and arts administrator (born 17881788 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Events:* September 24 – The brief Theater War when Denmark launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an allied of Denmark,who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in...
) - December 14 – Johan Georg ForchhammerJohan Georg ForchhammerJohan Georg Forchhammer was a Danish mineralogist and geologist.Forchhammer was born at Husum, Schleswig. After studying at the universities of Kiel and Copenhagen from 1815 to 1818, he joined Hans Christian Ørsted and Lauritz Esmarch in their mineralogical exploration of Bornholm, and took a...
, mineralogist and geologist (b. 17941794 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Events:* January 3 – Aarhus Stiftstidende, a local mewspaper nased in Aarhus, is published for the first time....
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