1804 In Denmark
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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 Count Christian Günther von Bernstorff (; 3 April 1769 – 18 March 1835) was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat. Early life and career Bernstorff was born in Copenhagen on 3 April 1769 to Count Andreas Peter von Bernstorff. He was e ...


Events

* 6 October HDMS ''Prinds Christian Frederik'' is launched from
Orlogsværftet ''Orlogsværftet'' () was a Danish naval shipyard under the Royal Danish Navy. Before 1924, it was an integral part of the naval base at Holmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It has an independent management from 1692, when Olaus Judichær bec ...
on Nyholm in Copenhagen.


Births


JanuaryMarch

* 18 February Christian Holm, painter (died
1846 Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway's bridge, over the Venetian Lagoon betwee ...
) * 28 February Carl van Dockum, naval officer (died
1893 Events January * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; th ...
) * 20 March
Wilhelm Bendz Wilhelm Ferdinand Bendz (20 March 1804 – 14 November 1832) was a Danish painter mainly known for genre works and portraits which often portray his artist colleagues and their daily lives. He was one of the most talented artists in the successful ...
, painter (died 1832)


JulySeptember

* 14 September Niels Peter Holbech, painter (died
1889 Events January * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas ...
) * 7 August –
Johan Nicolai Madvig Johan Nicolai Madvig (; 7 August 1804 – 12 December 1886), was a Danish philologist and Kultus Minister. Life Madvig was born on the Danish island of Bornholm, south of Sweden. He was educated at the classical school of Frederiksborg and th ...
, philologist and politician (died
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 ...
)


OctoberDecember

* 3 November –
Constantin Hansen Carl Christian Constantin Hansen (Constantin Hansen) (3 November 1804 – 29 March 1880) was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art his ...
, painter (died
1880 Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." gr ...
)


Deaths


JanuaryMarch

* 28 March – Frederik Christian Kaas, Admiral, landowner (born
1727 Events January–March * January 1 – (December 21, 1726 O.S.) Spain's ambassador to Great Britain demands that the British return Gibraltar after accusing Britain of violating the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Britain ...
)


AprilJune

* 13 May – David Brown, merchant and Governor of Tranquebar (born
1734 Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia in America. * February 16 – ...
) * 2 June –
Cornelius Høyer Cornelius Høyer (26 February 1741 – 2 June 1804) was a Danish painter, mainly known for his work in miniatures. Within his special trade, he was among the virtuosos of his day and won an international reputation. Early life and education ...
, miniatures painter (born
1741 Events January–March * January 13 ** Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. ** Conventicle Act of 1741 is introduced in Denmark-Norway. *February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain ...
) * 26 June Jørgen Landt, priest, botanist and author (born 1751)


JulySeptember

* Marie Martine Bonfils, brewer * 5 July
Jacob Baden Jacob Baden (4 May 1735 – 5 July 1804) was a Denmark, Danish philologist, pedagogue, and critic. He was a professor of rhetoric and Latin at the University of Copenhagen in 1779. He was the first person to lecture on Danish grammar at the univ ...
, philologist, pedagogue, and critic (born
1735 Events January–March * January 2 – Alexander Pope's poem '' Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot'' is published in London. * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera '' Ariodante'' is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent ...
) * 7 September Christian Henrik Biering, clergy and writer (born
1729 Events January–March * January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover ...
)


OctoberDecember

* 21 October
Poul Abraham Lehn Poul Abraham Lehn (9 October 1732 – 24 October 1804), Baron of Lehn and Baron of Guldborgland, was a feudalism, feudal baron of the Danish nobility, Danish and Norwegian nobility and one of the greatest landowners of his time in Denmark. Biogr ...
, nobleman and landowner (born
1732 Events January–March * January 21 – Russia and Persia sign the Treaty of Riascha at Resht. Based on the terms of the agreement, Russia will no longer establish claims over Persian territories. * February 9 – The Swed ...
) * 24 December
Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Denmark-Norway, Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Biography Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at ...
, naturalist (born 1749)


References

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Years of the 19th century in Denmark