Events from the year 1803 in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

Incumbents

* Monarch –

Christian VII Christian VII (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808. He was affected by mental illness and was only nominally king for most of his reign. His roya ...

* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

Undated

* Import of slaves to the

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies () or Danish Virgin Islands () or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with , Saint John () with , Saint Croix with , and Water Island. The islands of St ...

is abolished. * The

Port of Odense Odense Harbour ("Odense Havn") is the port of Odense, Denmark. Founded in , Denmark's only canal harbour is the country's seventh largest commercial port in terms of turnover. It consists primarily of Inner Harbour, at the end of Odense Canal, and ...

is established. *

Bertel Thorvaldsen Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (; sometimes given as Thorwaldsen; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danes, Danish-Icelanders, Icelandic Sculpture, sculptor and medallist, medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–183 ...

completes his statue of '' Jason with the Golden Fleece'', his first major success.

Births

JanuaryMarch

* 4 January Robert Cleaver Chapman, pastor, teacher and evangelist, the ''apostle of Love'' (died 1902) * 12 January

Christian Pløyen Christian Pløyen (12 January 1803 – 9 June 1867) was a Danish jurist and government official. He was a ''landfoged'' (sheriff) from 1830, and from 1837 to 1847 he was ''amtmand'' (bailiff) in the Faroe Islands; Pløyen was very well liked i ...

, jurist and government official (died

1867 There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska. When the territory transferred from the Russian Empire to the United States, the calendric transition from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar was made with only 1 ...

) * 8 March Ferdinand Thielemann, architect (died

1863 Events January * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate States of America an official war goal. The signing ...

) * 19 March – Christine Løvmand, artist specializing in painting flowers and

still life A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, human-m ...

s (d.

1872 Events January * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. *January 20 – The Cavite mutiny was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort S ...

)

AprilJune

* 20 April – Christian Hansen, architect (d. 1883) * 23 April – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver (d.

1861 This year saw significant progress in the Unification of Italy, the outbreak of the American Civil War, and the emancipation reform abolishing serfdom in the Russian Empire. Events January * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico Ci ...

) * 2 May – Albert Küchler, painter active in Italy (d.

1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...

) * 17 May –

Martinus Rørbye Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye (; 17 May 1803 – 29 August 1848) was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century. T ...

, painter (d.

1848 1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the polit ...

)

JulySeptember

* 19 August Aage Dons, author (died

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

) * 4 September – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (died

1856 Events January–March * January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California. * January 23 – The American sidewheel steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatl ...

)

OctoberDecember

* 5 October -

Friedrich Bernhard Westphal Friedrich Bernhard Westphal (5 October 1803, Schleswig (city), Schleswig – 24 December 1844) was a German-Danish genre painting, genre painter and illustrator. He was also known by his nickname Fritz Westphal. Life From 1821 to 1826 he stu ...

, painter (d.

1844 In the Philippines, 1844 had only 365 days, when Tuesday, December 31 was skipped as Monday, December 30 was immediately followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845, the next day after. The change also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marian ...

) * 4 December

Knut Jungbohn Clement Knut Jungbohn Clement (born 4 December 1803 in the island of Amrum, Denmark – 7 October 1873 in Bergen, New Jersey) was a Danish linguist. Biography He was educated at Kiel and Heidelberg, and became PhD in 1835. At the expense of the Danish g ...

, linguist (died

1873 Events January * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the Unit ...

) * 31 December ** Alfred Hage, merchant and landowner (died

) ** Emilie da Fonseca, actress and opera singer (died 1884)

Deaths

* 18 January Frederik Christian Kaas, naval officer (born

1725 Events January–March * January 1 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata ''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41, which features the trumpet fanfares from the beginning also in the end. * January 6 &nd ...

) * 6 February Peder Rosenstand-Goiske, lawyer and playwright (born

1752 In the British Empire, it was the only year with 355 days (11 days were dropped), as September 3–13 were skipped when the Empire adoption of the Gregorian calendar, adopted the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 ...

) * 4 June

Peter Ascanius Peter Ascanius (24 May 1723 – 4 June 1803) was a Norway, Norwegian-Denmark, Danish biologist and geologist. He was a professor of zoology and mineralogy. Early life and education He was born at Aure (village), Aure in Møre og Romsdal, Romsdal ...

, natural scientist (born

1723 Events January–March * January 25 – English-born pirate Edward Low intercepts the Portuguese ship ''Nostra Signiora de Victoria''. After the Portuguese captain throws his treasure of 11,000 gold coins into the sea rather th ...

) * 7 April Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, county governor (born

) * 11 June Henrik Brockenhuus, landowner (born

1720 Events January–March * January 21 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). * February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England. * February 17 – The Treaty o ...

)

References

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Years of the 19th century in Denmark