1906 in Denmark

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See also:Other events of 1906
List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1906 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Christian IX (until 29 January),[1] Frederick VIII[2]
  • Prime minister – J. C. Christensen

Events[]

  • 12 September – The inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer makes a sustained but tethered flight in his self-built Ellehammer semi-biplane on the small  [da] outside Copenhagen, three years after the world’s first historical flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. The flight distance is 42 meters at an altitude of over 50 centimeters.
  • 6 November – Ole Olsen founds Nordisk Film in Valby, Copenhagen, making it the oldest continuously operating film studio in the world.[3]

Undated[]

Births[]

  • 10 October – Leo Mathisen, jazz musician and singer (died 1969)
  • 8 November - H. C. Hansen, politician, former prime minister (died 1960)

Deaths[]

  • 29 January - HM Christian IX (b. 1818)[1]
  • 13 February – Albert Gottschalk, painter (b. 1866)
  • 8 June – C. F. E. Horneman, composer (b. 1840)
  • 28 July - August Jerndorff, painter (b. 1846)
  • 29 October – Jacob Heinrich Moresco, businessman (born 1828)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Christian IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Frederick VIII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Brief History about Copenhagen". Copenhagen Portal. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
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