1875 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (until 11 June), J. B. S. Estrup
Events
- February
- 25 February â The Seamen's Association of 1856's new building in Christianshavn is inaugurated.
- 1 January â the krone replaces the rigsdaler as the official currency of Denmark.
- June
- 11 June â Prime Minister Christen Andreas Fonnesbech resigns, and is replaced by J. B. S. Estrup.
- August
- 11 August â Hans Christian Andersen's funeral takes place in Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.
Date unknown
- Aarhus Botanical Gardens is founded.[2]
- Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen, present-day Danmarks Designskole (Danish Design School), is founded.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 3 February â Valdemar Andersen, illustrator and poster artist (died 1928)
- 17 February â Princess Louise, later Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (died 1906)
- 22 February â Sigurd Wandel, painter (died 1847)
- 1 March â Herman Vedel, painter and portraitist (died 1948)
- 13 March â Axel Andersen Byrval, amateur football player and manager, national football team manager 1913â1915 and 1917â1918 (died 1957)
AprilâJune
- 4 May â Marius Lefèrve, gymnast, Olympic silver medalist in team, Swedish system, in 1912 (died 1958)
- 19 May â Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters" (died 1931)
JulyâSeptember
- 27 September â Heinrich Dohm, painter of portraits, genre works and religious paintings (died 1940)
OctoberâDecember
- 26 October â Hakon Andersen, organist and composer (died 1959)
- 8 December â Frederik Buch, film actor of the silent film era (died 1925)
- 10 December â Otto Scavenius, diplomat, Foreign Minister for one day during the Easter Crisis of 1920 (died 1945)
- 23 December â Marie-Sophie Nielsen, communist leader and founding member of the Danish Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Party of Denmark (died 1951)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 10 January â Anton Melbye, marine painter and daguerreotype photographer (born 1818)
- 13 January â Georg Hilker, decorative painter during the Danish Golden Age (born 1807)
- 6 February â Birgitte Andersen, stage actor and ballet dancer (born 1791)
- 9 February â Rasmus Carl Stæger, judge, financial advisor to the government, entomologist (born 1800)
- 15 March â Christian Julius Hansen, composer, organist, voice teacher and choirmaster (born 1814)
AprilâJune
- 13 April â P. C. Skovgaard, national romantic landscape painter (born 1817)
JulyâSeptember
- 4 August â Hans Christian Andersen, writer of plays, travelogues, novels, poems and fairy tales (born 1805)
OctoberâDecember
- 11 December â Frederik Ferdinand Helsted, painter and drawing master (born 1809)