1885 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â J. B. S. Estrup
Events
- January â The magazine Kvinden & Samfundet is established.
- 1 October â DSB is founded through the merger of the state-owned Zealand Railway Company and Jutland-Funen Railway Company.
Undated
- The Danish Union of Joiners is established.
- Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening is founded.
Sports
- 13 May â Aalborg Boldspilklub is founded.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 13 January â Rasmus Hansen, gymnast (died 1967)
- 21 February
- Halvor Birch, gymnast (died 1962)
- Thøger Thøgersen, politician /died 1947)
- 25 February â Christian Petersen, sculptor (died 1961 in USA)
- 5 March â Gerda Wegener, illustrator and painter (died 1940)
- 22 March â Jens Kristian Jensen, gymnast (died 1956)
AprilâJune
- 2 April â Rikard Magnussen, sculptor (died 1948)
- 6 April â Holcha Krake, artist (died 1944 in USA)
- 17 April â Karen Blixen (died 1962)
- 23 April â Jais Nielsen, painter (died 1961)
OctoberâDecember
- 7 October â Niels Bohr, theoretical physicist (died 1962)
- 23 October â Julius Lehrmann. sports shooter (died 1962)
- 26 October â Niels Erik Nørlund, mathematician (died 1981)
- 25 November â Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (died 1959)
- 15 December â Cay Lembcke, co-founder of the Danish Boy Schots movement (died 1965)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 21 January â Jens Peter Trap, royal secretary, topographical writer and publisher (born 1810)
- 25 February â Mozart Waagepetersen, businessman (born 1813)
AprilâJune
- 27 April â Hans Vilhelm Kaalund, poet (born 1818)
- 30 April â Jens Peter Jacobsenm author (born 1847)
- 2 May â Peter Ludvig Panum, physiologist (born 1820)
JulyâSeptember
- 2 June â Edouard Buntzen, lawyer and politician (born 1809)
- 12 July â Ferdinand Victor Alphons Prosch, vetenarian and biologist (born 1820)
- 21 September â Georg Emil Tuxen. maval officer (born 1814)
OctoberâDecember
- 11 November â Oswald Sickert, artist (born 1929)
- 11 December â Niels Simonsen, painter, lithographer and sculptor (born 1807)