1818 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VI[1]
- Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke
Events
- 26 May – The County of Lerchenborg is established by Christian Cornelius Lerche from the manors of Lerchenborg and Aunsøgård as well as the farms Mineslund, Asnæsgård, Lerchenfeld, Birkendegård, Vesterbygard, Astrup and Davrup.
Undated
Births
- 3 February – Anton Melbye, marine painter and daguerreotype photographer (died 1875)
- 8 February – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter (died 1879)
- 10 March – Johan Vilhelm Gertner, portrait painter (died 1871)
- 27 June – Hans Vilhelm Kaalund, poet (died 1885)
- 13 August – Johan Daniel Herholdt, architect (died 1902)
- 1 September – Johan Lundbye, painter (died 1848)
- 17 September – Louise Sahlgreenm actress (died 1891)
Undated
- Pennefejden: A bitter literary feud between Jens Baggesen and Adam Oehlenschläger.
Deaths
- 11 February – Hans Nansen, painter /born 1765)
- 25 March – Caspar Wessel, mathematician (born 1745)
- 25 April – Johan Martin Quist, architect (born 1755)