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1869
Events from the year 1869 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Christian IXChristian IX king of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IX Encyclopedia Britannica 17 June 2019 en
Prime minister – C. E. Frijs
Events
thumb|200px|5 June: Inauguration of the equestrian statue of Frederick VII on the central square in Køge.
thumb|17 August: The opening meeting of the 4th Archeological Congress.
thumb|200px|18 September: the first train arriving to the Aalborg station.
January–June
4 February – Kjøbenhavns Skøjteløberforening, Denmark's oldest ice skating club, is founded.Klubbens historie https://web.archive.org/web/20160314115208/http://www.ksf.dk/klub-information/historie/ 14 March 2016 History of the club (in Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
1 June – the telephone company Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S, present-day GN Store Nord A/S, is founded as the result of merging three recently established telephone companies.Historical Timeline Retrieved 27 December 2012.
5 June – the equestrian statue of Frederick VII in the central square in Køge is inaugurated.
July–December
2 July – the first issue of Vestjylland eller Herning Folkeblad, present-day Herning Folkeblad, is published.The Europa World Year Book 2003 https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA1403 2003 Taylor & Francis Group 978-1-85743-227-5 1403
28 July – Crown Prince Frederick, the future King Frederick VIII, marries Princess Louise of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
18 September – the Randers–Aalborg railway line, a newly completed railroad stretch between Randers and Aalborg, is inaugurated.Jensen Niels Nordjyske jernbaner 1976 J. Fr. Clausens Forlag Copenhagen 87-11-03756-3 da
22 September – the 1869 Folketing election is held;Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 523 978-3-8329-5609-7. the Mellem Party becomes the biggest party by winning 27 seats.Kaare R. Skov (1999) Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år, København: Aschenhoug. C. E. Frijs remains Prime Minister.
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thumb|200px|The international archeological congress at Sølager. Illustration by B. Olsen from Illustreret Tidende.
Rud. Rasmussen, a wooden furniture manufacturing company, is founded.http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Møbelfabrikant/Rud._Rasmussen Rud. Rasmussen da Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 7 June 2019
An international archeology congress visits the Sølager archeological site at Gundested.
The Royal Danish Military Academy relocates to Frederiksberg Palace.
Births
thumb|120px|Elna Borch.
January–March
2 January – Carl Moltke, Danish nobleman, minister to the United States in 1908, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1924–1926 (died 1935)
26 March – Hans Munch-Petersen, scholar (died 1934)
AprilJune
6 April – Thomas Bærentzen, sculptor (died 1936)
28 April – Christian Geisler, organist and composer (died 1951)
7 June – Ole Olsen, sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist in team free rifle at the 1912 Summer Olympics (died 1944)
26 June
Martin Andersen Nexø, socialist, later communist, writer (died 1954)
Ingeborg Appel, educator (died 1948)
July–September
3 July – Svend Kornbeck, stage and film actor (died 1933)
13 July – Christian Schrøder, film actor (died 1940)
13 August – Carl Christensen, Denmark's last executioner (died 1936)
OctoberDecember
21 October Bernhard Ingemann, architect (died (1923)
11 November – Jens Birkholm, genre and landscape painter associated with the Funen Painters (died 1915)
23 November – Valdemar Poulsen, engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder (died 1942)
6 December – Elna Borch, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (died 1950)
7 December – Ole Bendixen, explorer, merchant and author (died 1958)
18 December – Peter Esben-Petersen, entomologist (died 1942)
21 December – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (died 1931)
26 December – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (died 1947)
Deaths
11 March – Christian August, Duke of Augustenborg, claimant of the provinces of Slesvig and Holstein (born 1798)
2 April – Frederik Treschow, supreme court attorney, politician, landowner and philanthropist (born 1786)
8 April Friedrich Gotschalk, businessman (born 1786)
22 May – Anton Eduard Kieldrup, landscape painter (born 1826)
13 June – Daniel Bentley, civil servant and mayor of Copenhagen (born 1786)
5 October – Adolph Peter Adler, theologian (born 1812)
14 December – Fritz Melbye, marine painter (born 1826)
References
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