1866 in Denmark

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1866
in
Denmark

  • 1867
  • 1868
  • 1869
Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:Other events of 1866
List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1866 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Christian IX[1]
  • Prime minister – C. E. Frijs

Events[]

SS Ottawa, illustration by in Illustreret Tidende
7 September: The "Russian Dance" at Christiansborg Palace
  • 22 August – SS Ottawa departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New Torrk City.
  • 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace.[2]
  • 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenahgen on board the steam ship Slesvig.[2]

Births[]

  • 1 January – Peter Elfelt, photographer (died 1931)
  • 5 May – Thomas B. Thrige, industrialist (died 1938)
  • 3 July – Albert Gottschalk, painter (died 1906)
  • 31 August – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer (died 1935)
  • 9 November – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (died 1947)

Deaths[]

  • 16 December – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1794)

References[]

  1. ^ "Christian IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Kejserinde Dagmar og musikken" (in Danish). Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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