1863 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1863}}
Events from the year 1863 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VII (until 15 November),{{cite web |title=Frederick VII {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 June 2019 |language=en}} Christian IX{{cite web |title=Christian IX {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IX |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 June 2019 |language=en}}
- Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall (until 31 December), Ditlev Gothard Monrad
Events
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- 6 June {{ndash}} Frederick VII receives a Greek deputation at Christiansborg.
- 22 October – The first tramway in Copenhagen begins operations. The Horse-drawn tram cars run along a single track between Sankt Annæ Plads and Frederiksberg Runddel.{{cite web|url=http://www.bryggenslokalhistorie.dk/sporvogn.html|title=Sporvogne og busser|publisher=bryggenslokalhistorie.dk|access-date=2011-06-02|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130212183031/http://www.bryggenslokalhistorie.dk/sporvogn.html|archive-date=12 February 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- 15 November – With Christian IX's accent to the Danish throne, the House of Glücksburg succeeded the House of Oldenburg.
- Christian IX signs the so-called November Constitution establishing a shared law of succession and a common parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the 1852 London Protocol.
- 24 December – Saxon and Hanoverian troops marched into Holstein on behalf of the Confederation. Supported by the German soldiers and by loyal Holsteiners, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein took control of the government of Holstein.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 12 March {{ndash}} Carl Holsøe, painter (died 1935)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 22 April {{ndash}} Karl Hansen Reistrup, sculptor, illustrator and ceramist. (died 1929)
- 25 April – Carl Wentorf, painter (died 1914)
- 5 May {{ndash}} Ole Olsen, filmmaker and Nordisk Film-founder (died 1943)
- 21 June – Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, sculptor (died 1945)
- 25 June – Frederik Jensen, stage and film actor (died 1934)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 5 July {{ndash}} Anton Carl Illum, businessman (died 1938)
- 23 July {{ndash}} Thomas Ebert, rower
- 1 September {{ndash}} Aage Giødesen, painter (died 1939)
- 7 September – Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, painter (died 1958)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 5 October {{ndash}} Louise Janssen, operatic soprano (died 1938 in France)
- 11 October – Ingeborg Raunkiær, author (died 1921)
Deaths
- 2 May {{ndash}} Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen, civil servant and politician (died 1805)
- 17 June – Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (born 1792)
- 15 November – Frederick VII, king of Denmark (born 1808)
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