1839 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1839}}
Events from the year 1839 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VI (until 3 December),{{cite web |title=Frederick VI {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 June 2019 |language=en}} then Christian VIII{{cite web |title=Christian VIII {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-VIII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 June 2019 |language=en}}
- Prime minister – Otto Joachim
Events
- 3 December – Frederick VI dies, and Christian VIII becomes King of Denmark
Births
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- 8 January – Anna Henriette Levinsohn, opera singer (died 1899)
- 25 January – Frederikke Federspiel, photographer (died 1913)
- 6 February – Caroline Testman, women's rights activist (died 1919)
- 15 February {{ndash}} Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, mathematician (died 1920)
- 18 February – Hermann Baagøe Storck, architect (died 1922)
- 13 March – Tage Reedtz-Thott, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1923)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 10 June – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1912)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 21 August Otto Bache, painter (died 1927)
- 26 August – Kristen Feilberg, photographer (died 1919)
- 23 September - Wilhelmine Schröder, royal favorite (died 1924)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 2 October – Hans Smidth, artist (died 1917)
- 31 November {{ndash}} Niels Steenberg, engineer (died 1915)
- 4 December {{ndash}} Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone, playwright and salonist (died 1833)
Deaths
- 29 March – Giuseppe Siboni opera singer and director (born 1780)
- 18 August {{ndash}} Bendix Frantz Ludwig Schow, mayor (born 1778)
- 27 October {{ndash}} Frederik Hauch, Postmaster-General (born 1754)
- 3 December – Frederick VI, King of Denmark (born 1768)
;Full date missing
- Hans Wassard, businessman and landowner (born 1756)
References
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