1803 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1803}}
Events from the year 1803 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
=Undated=
- Import of slaves to the Danish West Indies is abolished.
- The Port of Odense is established.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen completes his statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece, his first major success.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 4 January {{ndash}} Robert Cleaver Chapman, pastor, teacher and evangelist, the apostle of Love (died 1902)
- 12 January {{ndash}} Christian Pløyen, jurist and government official (died 1867)
- 8 March {{ndash}} Ferdinand Thielemann, architect (died 1863)
- 19 March – Christine Løvmand, artist specializing in painting flowers and still lifes (d. 1872)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 20 April – Christian Hansen, architect (d. 1883)
- 23 April – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver (d. 1861)
- 2 May – Albert Küchler, painter active in Italy (d. 1886)
- 17 May – Martinus Rørbye, painter (d. 1848)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 19 August {{ndash}} Aage Dons, author (died 1993)
- 4 September – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (died 1856){{cite web|url=https://kvindebiografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Anna_Nielsen|title=Anna Nielsen|publisher=lex: Kvinfo|author=Risum, Janne|accessdate=9 December 2022 |language=da}}
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 5 October - Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, painter (d. 1844)
- 4 December {{ndash}} Knut Jungbohn Clement, linguist (died 1873)
- 31 December
- Alfred Hage, merchant and landowner (died 1872)
- Emilie da Fonseca, actress and opera singer (died 1884){{cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/3dhansen?n=muller+da+fonseca+bratz&oc=&p=emilie+susanna|title= F Emilie Susanna MÜLLER da FONSECA (Bratz) |publisher=Geneanet|accessdate=9 December 2022 |language=da}}
Deaths
- 18 January {{ndash}} Frederik Christian Kaas, naval officer (born 1725)
- 6 February {{ndash}} Peder Rosenstand-Goiske, lawyer and playwright (born 1752)
- 4 June {{ndash}} Peter Ascanius, natural scientist (born 1723)
- 7 April {{ndash}} Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, county governor (born 1752)
- 11 June {{ndash}} Henrik Brockenhuus, landowner (born 1720)
References
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