1878 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â J. B. S. Estrup
Events
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- 3â9 July â The 11th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen.
- 9 May â The panserbatteri Helgoland is launched.
- 21 December â Princess Thyra of Denmark is wed to Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover in Copenhagen. The couple continue to Fredensborg Palace after the wedding ceremony.
Culture
Theatre, opera and ballet
- 25 September â The opera Drot og marsk is first performed at the Rotal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 1 January â Agner Krarup Erlang, mathematician, statistician and engineer
- 6 January â Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballet dancer (died 1970)
- 10 February â Johannes Berggreen, businessman (died 1963)
- 13 March â Lau Lauritzen Sr., film director, screenwriter and actor (died 1938)
- 11 April â Holger-Madsen, actor (died 1943)
- 17 March â Gudmund Nyeland Brandt, landscape architect (died 1945)
JulyâSeptember
- 30 July â Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, businessman, company founder (died 1964)
- 2 August â Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, duchess of Västergötland (died 1958 in Sweden)
- 25 September â Holger Thiele, astronomer (died 1946)
OctoberâDecember
- 9 November â Povl Baumann, architect (died 1963)
- 24 December â Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, politician, former Danish prime minister (died 1943)
Deaths
- 6 March â Harald Jerichau, painter (born 1851)
- 4 December â David B. Adler, businessman (born 1826)