1870 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 – 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....
(until 28 May), Ludvig Holstein-HolsteinborgLudvig Holstein-HolsteinborgLudvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein-Holsteinborg was a Danish politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 28 May 1870 to 14 July 1874 as the leader of the Cabinet of Holstein-Holsteinborg....
Deaths
- April 29 – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (born 17981798 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff-Births:* June 4 – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian and critic )...
) - July 13 – Christian Albrecht JensenChristian Albrecht JensenChristian Albrecht Jensen was a Danish portrait painter who was active during the Golden Age of Danish Painting in the first half of the 19th century...
, portrait painter (born 17921792 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Births:* June 26 – Christian Albrecht Jensen, portrait painter -See also:...
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