1887 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â J. B. S. Estrup
Events
- 28 January â The 1887 Danish Folketing election is held.
- 17 September â The British St. Alban's Church is inaugurated in Copenhagen.
Culture
Art
- The Thorvaldsen Rxhibition Medal is awarded to Otto Haslund fpr the painting Concerto and Hans Michael Therkildsen for Køerne vandes,
Music
- 17 September â Danish composer Carl Nielsen plays the violin at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen at the premiere of his own Andante tranquillo e Scherzo for strings.[2]
- 29 December â The composer Frederik Rung sets up the Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association (Caeciliaforening) of Copenhagen.[3]
- Danish poet Holger Drachmann meets cabaret singer Amanda Nielsen, who becomes his muse.[4]
Sports
- 23 May â Slagelse B&I is founded in Slagelse.
- 12 July â Odense Boldklub is founded.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 28 January â Paul Lassenius Kramp, marine biologist (died 1975)
- 10 February â Richard Gustav Borgelin, army officer (died 1966)
- 4 March â Prince Gustav of Denmark, prince (died 1941
AprilâJune
- 16 June â Aage Bendixen, actor (died 1973)
- 30 May â Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist (died 1964)
AprilâJune
- 17 April â Axel Aabrink, painter (died 1065)
- 23 April â Dagmar Overbye, murderer (died 1929)
- 22 May â A. W. Sandberg, film director and screenwriter (died 1938)
- 3 May â Ebba Thomsen, actress (died 1978)
- 30 May â Emil Reesen, composer and conductor (died 1964)
- 18 June â Feodor Asmussen, architect /died 1961)
- 10 June â Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (died 1940 in Morocco)
- 16 June â Gundorph Albertus, silversmith (died 1969)
JulyâSeptember
- 3 July â Elith Pio, actor (died 1983)
- 5 August â Thorvald Pedersen, pharmacist and company founder (died 1961)
OctoberâDecember
- 5 October â Nils Middelboe, football player (died 1976)
- 13 October â Viggo Brøndal, philologist (died 1942)
- 28 October â Johannes Juul, engineer (died 1969)
- 7 November â Bertel Dahlgaard, politician (died 1972)
- 9 November â Kaj Gottlob, architect (died 1976)
- 1 December â Axel Poulsen, sculptor (died 1972)
- 12 December â Aage Fønss, opera singer (died 1976)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 19 March â Ferdinand Didrichsen, physician and botanist (born 1814)
- 28 March â Ditlev Gothard Monrad, politician and bishop (born 1811)
AprilâJune
- 22 April â Harald Bohr, mathematician (born 1951)
- 28 April â Wolfgang von Haffner, military officer (born 1810)
- 30 April â J.C. Jacobsen, brewer and industrialist, founder of Carlsberg (born 1811)
- 16 May â Edouard Suenson, naval officer (born 1805)
- 25 June â Josephine Schneider, educator and philanthropist (born 1820)
JulyâSeptember
- 15 August â Meïr Aron Goldschmidt, journalist, publisher and novelist (born 1819)
- 25 August â Thomas Lange, novelist (born 1829)
- 16 September â Peter Andersen, budinessman (born 1814)
OctoberâDecember
- 13 November â Hans Schjellerup, astronomer (born 1827)
- 27 December â Frederik Hegel, bookseller and publisher (born 1817)