1842 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1842}}
Events from the year 1842 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 23 July – the Hørsholm Textile Factory is established in Hørsholm.
Undated
- The National Liberal Party is formed.
- Jørgen Ernst Meyer establishes the nation's first lacquerware company.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 25 January {{ndash}} Vilhelm Thomsen, linguist (died 1927)
- 4 February – Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (died 1927)
- 27 February {{ndash}} Theodor Wessel, businessman (died 1905)
- 2 March – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (died 1914)
- 9 March {{ndash}} Vilhelm Groth, painter (died 1899)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 3 April {{ndash}} Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (died 1924)
- 6 May {{ndash}} Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (died 1909)
- 16 May {{ndash}} Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (died 1916)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 9 July {{ndash}} Emil Poulsen, actor (died 1011){{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Emil_Poulsen|title=Otto Andrup|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}
- 17 August – Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1909)
- 19 August {{ndash}} Andreas Collstrop, timber merchant and one of Copenhagen's 32 Men (died 1820)
- 22 August {{ndash}} Emilie Mundt, painter (died 1922)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 4 October {{ndash}} Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, politician (died 1893)
- 4 November {{ndash}} Otto Haslund, painter (died 1917)
- 16 November – Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (died 1924)
Deaths
- 16 January {{ndash}} Ludvig Manthey, pharmacist, businessman and landowner (died 1769)
- 6 June – Eline Heger, actress (born 1774)
- 26 June – Peter Oluf Brøndsted, archaeologist (born 1780)
- 8 October – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer (born 1774)
References
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