1802 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister â Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
- April â The British occupation of the Danish West Indies ends.
- 4 May â The Golden Horns of Gallehus are stolen.[2]
Undated
- A Panoramic painting of the Battle of Copenhagen created by Heinrich August Grosch (1763-1843) is on public display in a purpose-built wooden rotunda ay present-day Sølvgade 20â22 in Copenhagen.[3] In 1800,
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 1 January â Joachim Wedell-Neergaard, diplomat (died 1862)
AprilâJune
- 21 April â Wilhelm Wanscher, businessman and art collector (died 1882)
- 26 April â Johann Gottfried Burman Becker, pharmacist, writer and illustrator (died 1860)
- 26 May â Gustav Adolph Lammers, priest, architect and artist (died 1878)
JulyâSeptember
- 27 July â Hans Jonatan, opera singer and composer (died 1858)
- 19 September â Frederik Theodor Kloss, painter (died 1876)
PctpberâDecember
- 8 October â Rudolph Rothe, landscape architect (died 1877)
- 25 October â Balthazar Christensen, jurist and politician (died 1882)
Deaths
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JanuaryâMarch
- 13 February â Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice (born 1744)
- 8 February â Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (born 1742)
AprilâJune
- 15 May â Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz, statesman and landowner (born 1724)
JulyâSeptember
- 12 July â Johan Henrik Knuth, county governor and landowner (born 1746)
- 24 August â Niels Ditlev Riegels, historian, journalist and pamphleteer (born 1755)
OctoberâDecember
- 4 October â Niels Brock, merchant (born 1731)
- 16 September â Christian Joseph Zuber, architect (born 1736)
- 17 December â Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor (born 1731)
- 27 December â Jens Juel, painter (born 1745)