1884 in Denmark

← 1883 1882 1881 1884 in Denmark → 1885 1886 1887
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1884 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1884 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events[]

Peter Ludwig Panum speaking at the opening ceremony at the 8th International Medical Congress in Copenhagen

3 October: Fire of Christiansborg Palace

• 31 May – The Tommerup–Assens railway line opens on Funen.^[2]
• 25 June – The 1884Danish Folketing election takes place.
• 10–16 August – The 8th International Medical Congress opens in Copenhagen. The participants include Peter Ludvig Panum (President), Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Ludwig Virchow and James Paget.^[3]
• 3 October – The fire of the begins.

Births[]

• 9 April – Peter Andersen, gymnast (died 1954)
• 18 March Oluf Høst, painter (died 1966)
• 28 May – Harald Krenchel, fencer (died 1922)
• 30 June – Svend Rindomm screenwriter and actor (died 1960)
• 30 September – Carl Pedersen, rower (died 1968)

Deaths[]

• 9 August - Annestine Beyer, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education (born 1795)
• 19 December – Alfred Benzon, pharmacist and industrialist (born 1823)

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