1866 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1866}}
Events from the year 1866 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
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- 22 August – SS Ottawa departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New York City.
- 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace.{{cite web|url=http://wayback-01.kb.dk/wayback/20100902125543/http://www2.kb.dk/kb/dept/nbo/ma/fokus/dagmarmus.htm|title=Kejserinde Dagmar og musikken|language=da|publisher=Royal Danish Library|access-date=13 October 2017}}
- 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenhagen on board the steam ship Slesvig.
- 20 October {{ndash}} Københavns Roklub is founded.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 1 January – Peter Elfelt, photographer (died 1931)
- 19 January {{ndash}} Carl Theodor Zahle, politician (died 1946)
- 16 February {{ndash}} Charles Brun, politician (died 1919)
- 25 February {{ndash}} Hans Peter Prior, industrialist (died 1936)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 5 May – Thomas B. Thrige, industrialist (died 1938)
- 19 June {{ndash}} Sabine Helms, botanist (died 1929)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 3 July – Albert Gottschalk, painter (died 1906)
- 15 July – Adolph Jensen, economist and statistician (died 1948)
- 31 August – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer (died 1935)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 6 October {{ndash}} Nina Bang, politician (died 1928)
- 19 November – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (died 1947)
- 7 December {{ndash}} Magnus Bech-Olsen, wrestler and circus manager (died 1932)
- 18 December {{ndash}} Holger Nielsenm, fencer (died 1955)
Deaths
- 6 November – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1794)
References
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