Events from the year 1831 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 –
Frederick VI
* Prime minister –
Otto Joachim
Events
* 25 August The ship of the line is launched at
Nyholm.
Undated
Births
JanuaryMarch
* 28 January –
Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup, botanist (died
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...
)
* 15 February –
Anton Dorph
Anton Laurids Johannes Dorph (15 February 1831, in Horsens – 12 January 1914, in Copenhagen) was a Danish painter who is remembered for his altarpieces and his paintings of fishermen.
Biography
Dorph entered the Royal Danish Academy of Fine A ...
, painter (died
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
)
* 10 March
Johan Vilhelm Gertner
Johan Vilhelm Gertner (10 March 1818 – 28 March 1871) was a Danish painter, best known for his lifelike portraiture. One of the last students of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, who was known as the father of the Golden Age of Danish Paint ...
, player (died
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Bapaume – Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
)
JulySeptember
* 27 July
Frits Holm __NOTOC__
Frits Vilhelm Holm (23 July 1881
, ''The New ...
, journalist, author and adventurer (died
1930 in the United States)
* 6 August –
Henning Frederik Feilberg
Henning Frederik Feilberg (6 August 1831 in Hillerød – 8 October 1921 in Askov), was a Danish pastor, author and folklorist. His research and publications represent significant contributions to the field of Danish folklore.
Biography
Feilber ...
, pastor, author and folklorist (died
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil.
** The Spanish lin ...
)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
* 9 February –
Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann
Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann (4 December 1747 – 9 February 1831) was a German-born Danish politician, businessman, nobleman and philanthropist.
Early life and career
Ernst von Schimmelmann was born in Dresden to Baron Heinrich Carl von Sch ...
, politician, businessman and patron of the arts (born
1747
Events
January–March
* January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
* February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II ...
)
AprilJune
* 21 April
Johann Georg Preisler, engraver (born
1757
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British East India Company Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India.
* January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assa ...
)
* 9 June
Johan Martin Schønheyder, Supreme Court attorney (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 ...
)
* 17 June –
Jens Friedenreich Hage, merchant and landowner (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 ...
)
JulySeptember
* 15 September
Christian David Gebauer, painter (born
1777
Events
January–March
* January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second ...
)
OctoberDecember
* 5 November –
Johan Frederik Clemens
Johan Frederik Clemens (29 November 1749 – 5 November 1831) was a Pomeranian-Denmark, Danish printmaker in etching.
Early life and education
Clemens was born in Gollnow (now Goleniów) near Stettin (now Szczecin) in Pomerania, to a poor Saxony, ...
, engraver (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 ...
)
*30 November –
Catharine Frydendahl, opera singer (born
1760
Events
January–March
* January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas.
* January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over th ...
)
References
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1830s in Denmark
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Years of the 19th century in Denmark