1862 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1862 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Frederick VII[1]
- Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall
Events
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June
[edit]- 13 June – Rosenborg Castle Garden plays host to a party for Nordic students.
July
[edit]- 19 July – A banquet attended by Frederick VII and Carl XV of Sweden-Norway takes place in the Grand Hall of Børsen in Copenhagen.
- 25 July – The Isted Lion is inaugurated in Glensburg.
September
[edit]- 2 September – The first Aarhus and Randers railway stations oen when the new Aarhus–Randers railway line is inaugurated.
December
[edit]- 27 December – The Swedish brig Daphne is wrecked off Skagen North Beach. A rescue boat from Skagen with 11 men capsizes and only two of the men survives, leaving eight women in Skagen as widows and 25 children fatherless.
Undated
[edit]The new University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum is inaugurated.
Culture
[edit]Art
[edit]- 25 July – Herman Wilhelm Bissen' Isted Lion is unveiled in Flensburg Cemetery on the 12th anniversary of the Battle of Isted.
- Undated – Wilhelm Marstrand paints the murals in Christian IV's Chapel at Roskilde Cathedral.[2]
Births
[edit]January–]March
[edit]- 13 February – Mikkel Hindhede, physician and nutritionist (died 1945)
- 17 February – Henri Konow, naval officer and governor of the Danish West Indies /died 1939)
- 22 March – Malvina Mehrn, animal rights activist (died 1960).[3]
April–June
[edit]- 26 April – Niels Thorkild Rovsing, surgeon (died 1927)
- 10 June – Agnes Slott-Møller, painter (died 1937)
July–September
[edit]- 28 July – Fritz Syberg, painter and illustrator (died 1939)
- 30 July – Adda Ravnkilde, writer (died 1882)
- 5 August – Knud Arne Petersen, architect and artistic director (died 1943)
October–December
[edit]- 7 October – Johanne Andersen , women's rights activist (died 1025)
- 15 October – Christian Mølsted, painter (died 1930)
Deaths
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January–March
[edit]- 4 January – Joachim Wedell-Neergaard, diplomat (born 1802)
- 24 February – Bernhard Severin Ingemann, writer (born 1789)
- 3 March – Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach, theologian (born 1792)
- 5 June – Catharine Wernicke, pianist (died 1789)
April–June
[edit]- 18 April – Frederik Sødring, painter (born 1800)
July–September
[edit]- 7 September – Joseph Owen, businessman (born 1789 in Great Britain)
October–December
[edit]- 1 November – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (born 1797)
- 11 November – Johan Carl Peter Prytz naval officer (born 1789)
- 23 December – Frederikke Dannemand, royal mistress (born 1792)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Frederick VII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ↑ "1862". roskildehistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ↑ Vammen, Tinne. "Malvina Mehrn". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). Dansk Nationalleksikon. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
