1867 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â C. E. Frijs
Events
- 16 January â Emil Messershcmidt's Tannery on Gammel Kongevej in Copenhagen is hit by fire.
- 22 May â Maria Fedeorowna arrives to Copenhagen.
- 29 October â A hurricane hits the Danish West Indies.
- 18 November â The 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami hits the Danish West Indies.
Undated
- The Royal Danish Academy of Music is founded.
Culture
Art
- Carl Neumann is awarded the Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal for the painting Skibe under land efter en byge.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 10 January â Sophy A. Christensen, furnituremaker (died 1955)
- 27 January â Charlotte Wedell, mathematicians (died 1953)
AprilâJune
- 7 April â Holger Pedersen, linguist (died 1953)
- 23 April â Johannes Fibiger, physician (died 1928)
- 25 May â Anders Peter Nielsen, sport shooter (died 1950)
- 11 June â Marie Krøyer, painter (died 1940)
JulyâSeptember
- 9 July
- Carl Jensen Burrau, mathematician (died 1944)
- Gad Frederik Clement, painter (died 1933)
- 16 September â Hedevig Quiding, singer and music critic (died 1936)
OctoberâDecember
- 22 December â Carl Wesenberg-Lund, zoologist and freshwater ecologist (born 1955)
- 27 December â Johannes Larsen, painter (died 1961)
Deaths
- 3 March â Johan Ludwig Lund, painter (born 1777)
- 10 June â Ilia Fibiger, writer (born 1817)
- 5 September â Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (born 1787)
- 11 September â Carl Wilhelm Thalbitzer, landowner and politician (born 1801)
- 10 September â Broder Knud Brodersen Wigelsen, naval officer (born 1787)
- 22 November â Didrik Frisch, painter (born 1835)
- 20 December â Ole Johansen Winstrup, engineer and inventor (born 1782)