1874 in Denmark
Encyclopedia
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 – 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....
(until 14 July), Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
Deaths
- March 28 – Peter Andreas HansenPeter Andreas HansenPeter Andreas Hansen was a Danish astronomer, was born at Tønder, Schleswig.-Biography:The son of a goldsmith, Hansen learned the trade of a watchmaker at Flensburg, and exercised it at Berlin and Tønder, 1818–1820...
, astronomer (b. 17951795 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Events:* June 5 – Copenhagen Fire of 1795 breaks out around 3 p.m. at the Navy’s old base at Gammelholm.* June 7 – The fire dies out around 4 p.m...
) - October 1 – Ludvig BødtcherLudvig BødtcherLudvig Adolph Bødtcher was a Danish lyric poet.He was born in Copenhagen. Thanks to an inheritance, he lived in Italy from 1824 for about ten years, where he acted as confidante and guide to the Danish writers Hans Christian Andersen and Henrik Hertz...
, writer (b. 17931793 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Deaths:* September 15 – Johan Theodor Holmskjold, botanist, civil servant -See also:...
) - November 9 – Just Mathias ThieleJust Mathias ThieleJust Mathias Thiele was a Danish writer and art historian. A central personage during the Danish Golden Age in the first half of the 18th century, he contributed to Danish cultural life in a number of capacities...
, art historian (b. 17951795 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Events:* June 5 – Copenhagen Fire of 1795 breaks out around 3 p.m. at the Navy’s old base at Gammelholm.* June 7 – The fire dies out around 4 p.m...
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