1856 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1856 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Frederick VII[1]
- Prime minister – Peter Georg Bang (18 October), Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ
Events
[edit]- 16 April – Jacob Heinrich Moresco opens a shop with women's clothing and fashion accessories at Amagertorv 13 in Copenhagen.
- 27 April – The Roskuilde–Korsør extension of the Copenhagen–Roskilde Railway is inaugurated.
- 13 July – C. K. Hansen is founded.
Undated
[edit]- Seamen's Association of 1856 is founded.
- The Ceres Brewery is founded by Malthe Conrad Lottrup in Aarhus.
Births
[edit]- 18 March – Arnold Krog, designer (died 1931)
- 13 April – Urania Marquard Olsen, actress and theatre director (died 1932)[2]
- 6 September – Hack Kampmann, architect (died 1920)
- 7 September – Julie Laurberg, photographer (died 1925)
- 28 October – Mary Steen, photographer (died 1939)
- 18 November – Joakim Skovgaard, artist (died 1933)
Deaths
[edit]January–March
[edit]- 26 March – Johan Laurentz Jensen, painter (born 1800)
July–September
[edit]- 2 July – Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, author (born 1773)
- 14 July – Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, architect (born 1800)
- 20 July – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (born 1803)
- 21 July – Emil Aarestrup, poet (born 1800)
- 15 September – Severin Løvenskiold, baron (born 1777)
October–December
[edit]- 25 November – Simon Aron Eiberchutz, businessman and philanthropist (born 1786)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Frederick VII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet (in Norwegian). Universitetsforl. p. 128. ISBN 8200056228.
- ^ "A. Westenholz". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
