1888 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â J. B. S. Estrup
Events
Undated
- The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 took place in Copenhagen.[2]
Culture
Art
- The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Carl Thomsen for the painting Middag i en Præstegaard efter en Bispevisitats.
Music
- 5 February â First public performance of Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 1 in the smaller hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.
Theatre, opera and ballet
- 19 November â C. F. E. Horneman's opera Aladin premiers at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 6 March â Hans Christian Hagedorn, pharmachologist and Novo Nordisk co-founder (died 1971)
- 9 March â Ernestine Nyrop, textile artist (died 1975)
- 15 March â Sophus Nielsen, footballer (died 1963)
- 30 March â Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor (died 1955)
AprilâJune
- 26 April â Olaf Henriksen, Major League baseball player (died 1962)
JulyâSeptember
- 15 July â Svend Bille, actor (died 1973)
- 28 July â Adam Fischer, sculptor (died 1968)
- 12 August
- Prince Axel of Denmark (died 1964)
- John Olsen, film producer (died 1959)
- 9 September â Frederik Zeuthen, economist (died 1959)
OctoberâDecember
- 13 December â A. J. Iversen, cabinetmaker and furniture designer (died 1979)
- 15 December â Kaare Klint, architect (died 1954)
- 16 December â Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Olympic athlete (died 1965)
Deaths
- 29 February â Wilhelm Sponneck, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (born 1815)
- 12 March â Frederik Wilhelm Dannemand, military officer and landowner (born 1813)
- 8 August â Jørgen Roed, painter (born 1808)
- 14 August â Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister (born 1812)
