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1859 in Denmark
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1859
Events from the year 1859 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Frederick VIIFrederick VII king of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VII Encyclopedia Britannica 21 June 2019 en
Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall (until 2 December), Carl Edvard Rotwitt
Events
thumb|150px|Ingemann receiving his horn on 28 May
thumb|150px|The Fire of Frederiksborg Palace on 17 December
6 January Aarhus Art Museum is founded.
2 February Tøxen's School is inaugurated in Køge.
15 April – An act provides for the Royal Danish Navy as well as the Botanical Gardens to leave Gammelholm which is instead to undergo urban redevelopment. The Navy's activities are moved to Nyholm while the Botanical Gardens relocate to their current site.http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1859.html 1758 da Selskabet for Københavns Historie 2011-06-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302014922/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1859.html 2 March 2012 dead
28 May – The poet Bernhard Severin Ingemann, a central figure of the Danish Golden Age, turns 70 and receives a golden horn from the women of Denmark at his home at Sorø Academy.
9 August The new Copenhagen Waterworks are inaugurated.
20 September – Copenhagen Zoo is inaugurated.http://www.zoo.dk/besogzoo/udstillingerogsevaerdigheder/aktuelleudstillinger.aspx Jubilæumsudstilling - Zoo gennem 150 år Copenhagen Zoo 2011-06-02 27 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727115151/http://www.zoo.dk/besogzoo/udstillingerogsevaerdigheder/aktuelleudstillinger.aspx dead
2 October – Illustreret Tidende, Denmark's first illustrated weekly, is published for the first time.
17 December – Frederiksborg Castle is devastated by fire but Frederiksborg Chapel is saved.
Undated
House numbers are introduced in CopenhagenNovember 2024
Albani Brewery is founded in Odense.
Fabrikken Øresund is founded in Copenhagen.
The second Blaagaard Seminarium is founded.
Hotel Marienlyst opens in Helsingør.
Births
thumb|120px|Anna Ancher.
thumb|120px|Christian Schmiegelow.
JanuaryMarch
31 March Hans Christian Viggo-Hansen, painter, sculptor and artisan metalsmith (died 1930)
AprilJune
21 April – Christian Sonne, politician (died 1941)
13 May – August Enna, composer (died 1939)
28 May Hanna Adler, educator (died 1947)
16 June – Max Henius, biochemist, co-founder of the American Academy of Brewing (died 1935)
25 June – Gerhard Heilmann, paleontologist, scientific illustrator (died 1946)
JulySeptember
18 August – Anna Ancher, painter (died 1935)
20 August – Emma Eleonore Meyer, painter (died 1921)
4 September Christian Schmiegelow, businessman (died 1949)
13 September – Anton Rosen, architect (died 1928)
22 September – Rudolph Sophus Bergh, composer (died 1924)
OctoberDecember
22 October
Thomas Vilhelm Garde, naval officer, Greenland explorer (died 1926)
Eline Hansen, feminist (died 1919)Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Eline Hansen https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/182/origin/170/query/eline%20hansen/ www.kvinfo.dk 3 December 2019 15 May 2003
29 November – Adolf Heinrich-Hansen, painter (died 1925)
10 December – Peder Mørk Mønsted, painter (died 1941)
Deaths
thumb|120px|Hartvig Philip Rée.
13 March – Vilhelm Pedersen, artist, illustrator (born 1820)
22 June Ulrich Anton Schønheyder, naval officer (born 1775)
24 September – Emanuel Larsen, marine painter (born 1823)
1 October Hartvig Philip Rée. businessman (born 1778)
References
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