1831 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick VI[1]
- Prime minister â Otto Joachim
Events
- 2 April â HDMS Galathea is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
- 25 August â The ship of the line HDMS Frederik den Sjette is launched at Nyholm.
- 13 September â HDMS Hvalfisken arrives back in Copenhagen, marking the end of the 1929â1831 Danish East Greenland Expedition.[2]
Undated
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 28 January â Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup, botanist (died 1907)
- 30 January â Christine Daugaard, writer (died 1917)
- 15 February â Anton Dorph, painter (died 1914)
- 10 March â Johan Vilhelm Gertner, player (died 1871)
AprilâJune
- 3 May â Hans Peter Ingerslev, politician (died 1896)
- 25 May â Christian Richardt, writer (died 1892)
- 6 June â Henry Jacques Garrigues, physician (died 1913 in the United States)
JulyâSeptember
- 8 July â Sigfred Goldschmidt, businessman (died 1906)
- 27 July â Frits Holm, journalist, author and adventurer (died 1930 in the United States)
- 6 August â Henning Frederik Feilberg, pastor, author and folklorist (died 1921)
- 13 August â Juliette Price, ballet dancer (died 1896)
- 26 November â Christian Toxward, architect (died 1891 in New Zealand)
- 28 November â C. C. A. Christensen, painter (died 1912 in the United States)
- 7 December â Jakob Severin Deichmann Branth, theologian (died 1917)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 12 January â Princess Louise of Denmark, princess (born 1750)
- 9 February â Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician, businessman and patron of the arts (born 1747)
- 17 February â Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born 1895)
- 21 March â Thøger From, businessman (born 1744)
AprilâJune
- 21 April â Johann Georg Preisler, engraver (born 1757)
- 9 June â Johan Martin Schønheyder, Supreme Court attorney (born 1752)[3]
- 17 June â Jens Friedenreich Hage, merchant and landowner (born 1752)
JulyâSeptember
- 11 September â Hans Bøchmann Melchior, naturalist (born 1773)
- 15 September â Christian David Gebauer, painter (born 1777)
OctoberâDecember
- 5 November â Johan Frederik Clemens, engraver (born 1752)
- 30 November â Catharine Frydendahl, opera singer (born 1760)