1801 in Denmark

• Monarch – Christian VII{{cite web |title=Christian VII {{!}} Scandinavian king |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 August 2019 |language=en}}
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

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• 3 March – Battle of West Kay: the Danish brig {{HDMS|Lougen|1791|6}} is attacked by two British vessels at West Kay in the Danish West Indies.
• 2 April – The Battle of Copenhagen takes place.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1801.html|title=1801|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|language=da|access-date=2011-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226003013/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1801.html|archive-date=26 February 2012|url-status=dead}}
• 9 April – A meeting between Crown Prince Frederik and Vice Admiral Lord Nelson at Amalienborg Palace results in a ceasefire. Denmark has to leave the neutrality pact.
• 6 July – The first vaccination against smallpox in Denmark is made, using the method invented by Edward Jenner.

• Exercise is for the first time introduced in the curriculum of a state school in Denmark.

• 4 April – Frederik Oxholm, colonial administrator (died 1871)
• 14 June – Peter Wilhelm Lund, natural scientist (died 1880)
• 24 June – Jørgen Valentin Sonne, painter (died 1890)
• 28 August – Adolph Stramboe, ballet dancer (died 1850)
• 13 October – Søren Hjorth, railway pioneer and inventor (died 1870)

• 20 January {{ndash}} Alexander Kølpin (born (1731)
• 21 January – Peter Christian Abildgaard, scientist (born 1740)
• Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson (born 1744)

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