1868 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â C. E. Frijs
Events
- 9 January â The 1868 Danish West Indies status referendum takes place.
- 15 January â Lucie Ingemannm painter (born 1792)
- 24 April â The Port of Esbjerg construction act provides for the construction of a new export port at Esbjerg, until then a tiny community, as a replacement for the harbour in Altona, which had previously been Denmark's most important North Sea harbour.[2]
- 7 August â The Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen is established.
- 8 August â HDMS Lindormen is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
- 4 October â The FredericiaâAarhus railway line is inaugurated.
- 16 October â All Danish rights to the Nicobar Islands, which since 1848 had been gradually abandoned, are sold to the British as the last remains of Danish India.
Undated
- Magasin du Nord is established in Aarhus as Emil Vett & Co. by Theodor Wessel and Emil Vett.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 7 January â Johannes Wilhjelm, painter (died 1938)
- 9 January â S. P. L. Sørensen, chemist (died 1939)
- 26 January â Vilhelm Fischer, architect (died 1914)
- 2 February â Anna Bloch, actress (died 1953)
AprilâJune
- 14 April â Gerda Madvig, painter and sculptor (died 1940)
- 13 May â Peter Hansen, painter (d. 1928)
- 25 April â Carl Wentorf, artist (d. 1914)
- 26 May â Carl Johan Bonnesen, sculptor (d. 1933)
- 31 May â Sigrid Neiiendam, actress (died 1055)
JulyâSeptember
- 17 july â Henri Nathansen, writer and stage director (d. 1944)
- 10 September â Jens Christian Johansen, engineer (died 1929 in Estonia)
OctoberâDecember
- 25 October â Rasmus Harboe, sculptor (d. 1952)
- 27 November â Wilhelm Hansen, businessman and art collector (died 1936)
Deaths
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January âMarch
- 16 January â Christopher Bagnæs Hansen, furniture maker (b. 1806)
- 8 March â Axel Kittendorff, lithographer (born 1721)
- 10 March â Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman and collector (born 1781)
- 10 March
- Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (b. 1798)
- Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman (b. 1781)
AprilâJune
- 14 May â Sophus August Wilhelm Stein, pyusician (born 1797)
OctoberâDecember
- 14 October â Emil Bærentzen, painter (born 1799)
- 15 July â Georgia Schouw-Skovgaard, embroiderer (born 1828)