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1848 in Denmark
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1848
Events from the year 1848 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Christian VIII (until January 20),Christian VIII king of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-VIII Encyclopedia Britannica 21 June 2019 en then Frederick VIIFrederick VII king of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VII Encyclopedia Britannica 21 June 2019 en
Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann (until 22 March), Adam Wilhelm Moltke
Events
thumb|200px|Demonstration for democratic reforms on 21 March in Copenhagen
thumb|200px|The Constitutional Assembly at Christiansborg Palace in 1848, painted by Constantin Hansen between 1861 and 1865
March
21 March – A large demonstration goes to Christiansborg Palace. Absolutism is abolished.
The outbreak of the First Schleswig War
April
9 April – The Battle of Bov, the first battle of the war, is won by Denmark.
29 April – The Battle at Schleswig: Prussia has now entered the war and the German side has almost three times as many soldiers as Denmark, which has to withdraw to Funen. Jutland is left open to the German troops.
July
3 July – Slavery is definitively abolished in the Danish West Indies. It is officially confirmed on 22 September.
October
15 October The 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly election is held. 113 of the 158 are elected of the Danish Constituent Assembly are elected. The remaining 44 members are appointed by the king.
23 October – The Constitutional Assembly meets at Christiansborg Palace
The Conventicle Act was repealed
Births
20 March Johan Lange, botanist (died 1898)
2 June Poul Sveistrup, politician and social statician (died 1911)
16 September – Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen, weaver, textile artist, retailer and feminist (died 1925)Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/513/origin/170/ www.kvinfo.dk 3 December 2019 15 May 2003
28 December Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (died 1920)
Deaths
thumb|120px|Christen Købke.
JanuaryMarch
20 January – Christian VIII, King of Denmark (born 1786)
29 January – Peter Thonning, physician and botanist (born 1775)
7 February – Christen Købke, painter (born 1810)
26 March – Steen Steensen Blicher, author (born 1782)
AprilJune
26 April – Johan Lundbye, painter (born 1818)
27 May Hermann Christian Müffelmann, businessman (born 1775)
JulySeptember
29 August – Martinus Rørbye, painter (born 1803)
OctoberDecember
8 December Moses DelBanco, lawyer (born 1794)
References
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