1847 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VIII[1]
- Prime minister â Poul Christian Stemann
Events
- Hybe
- 26 June â The first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark, the railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, was completed for the Zealand Railway Company (Danish: Det Sjællandske Jernbaneselskab) by British engineering company William Radford.
- July
- 12â17 July â The 5th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen. The opening banquet is held in the Rotal Mansion in Roskilde.[2]
- November
- 10 November â The first beer is brewed at J.C. Jacobsen's new Carlsberg brewery on Valby Hill in Copenhagen.[3]
Culture
Art
- Wilhelm Marstrand paints his Italian Osteria Scene.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 24 February â Charles Ambt, engineer (died 1919)
- 8 March â Anton Marius Andersen, American Lutheran minister (died 1941)
AprilâJune
- 7 April â Jens Peter Jacobsenm author (born 1885)
JulyâSeptember
- 11 April â Axel Helsted, painter (died 1907)
- 23 September â Johanne Christine Petersen, school principal (died 1922)[4]
OctoberâDecember
- 13 October â Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (died 1928)
- 21 October â Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor (died 1931)
- 3 December â Arthur Ivan Allin, musician (died 1926)
- 16 December â Bertha Wegmann, painter (died 1926)
- 25 December â Albert Jensen, architect (died 1913)
Deaths
- 15 May â Peter Johan Alexei Conradt-Eberlin, Supreme Court justice (born 1789)
- 12 November â William Christopher Zeise, chemist (born 1789)
- 17 November â Henriette Jørgensen, actress (born 1791)
- 17 December â Conrad Christian Bøhndel, painter and lithographer (born 1779)