1869 in Denmark
Incumbents
Events
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- 4 February – Kjøbenhavns Skøjteløberforening, Denmark's oldest ice skating club, is founded.[http://www.ksf.dk/klub-information/historie/ Klubbens historie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314115208/http://www.ksf.dk/klub-information/historie/ |date=14 March 2016 }} History of the club (in Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- 1 June – the telephone company Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S, present-day GN Store Nord A/S, is founded as the result of merging three recently established telephone companies.[http://www.gn.com/EN/GNAbout/Pages/History.aspx Historical Timeline] Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- 5 June – the equestrian statue of Frederick VII in the central square in Køge is inaugurated.
- 2 July – the first issue of Vestjylland eller Herning Folkeblad, present-day Herning Folkeblad, is published.{{cite book|title=The Europa World Year Book 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA1403|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|isbn=978-1-85743-227-5|page=1403}}
- 28 July – Crown Prince Frederick, the future King Frederick VIII, marries Princess Louise of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 18 September – the Randers–Aalborg railway line, a newly completed railroad stretch between Randers and Aalborg, is inaugurated.{{ cite book | last=Jensen | first=Niels | title=Nordjyske jernbaner | year=1976 | publisher=J. Fr. Clausens Forlag | location=Copenhagen | isbn=87-11-03756-3 | language=da }}
- 22 September – the 1869 Folketing election is held;Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 523 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}. the Mellem Party becomes the biggest party by winning 27 seats.Kaare R. Skov (1999) Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år, København: Aschenhoug. C. E. Frijs remains Prime Minister.
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- Rud. Rasmussen, a wooden furniture manufacturing company, is founded.{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Møbelfabrikant/Rud._Rasmussen|title=Rud. Rasmussen|language=da|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=7 June 2019}}
- An international archeology congress visits the Sølager archeological site at Gundested.
Births
=January–June=
- 2 January – Carl Moltke, Danish nobleman, minister to the United States in 1908, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1924–1926 (died 1935)
- 26 March – Hans Munch-Petersen, scholar (died 1934)
- 6 April – Thomas Bærentzen, sculptor (died 1936)
- 28 April – Christian Geisler, organist and composer (died 1951)
- 7 June – Ole Olsen, sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist in team free rifle at the 1912 Summer Olympics (died 1944)
- 26 June
- Martin Andersen Nexø, socialist, later communist, writer (died 1954)
- Ingeborg Appel, educator (died 1948)
=July–December=
- 3 July – Svend Kornbeck, stage and film actor (died 1933)
- 13 July – Christian Schrøder, film actor (died 1940)
- 13 August – Carl Christensen, Denmark's last executioner (died 1936)
- 11 November – Jens Birkholm, genre and landscape painter associated with the Funen Painters (died 1915)
- 23 November – Valdemar Poulsen, engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder (died 1942)
- 6 December – Elna Borch, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (died 1950)
- 7 December – Ole Bendixen, explorer, merchant and author (died 1958)
- 18 December – Peter Esben-Petersen, entomologist (died 1942)
- 21 December – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (died 1931)
- 26 December – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (died 1947)
Deaths
- 11 March – Christian August, Duke of Augustenborg, claimant of the provinces of Slesvig and Holstein (born 1798)
- 2 April – Frederik Treschow, supreme court attorney, politician, landowner and philanthropist (born 1786)
- 8 April {{ndash}} Friedrich Gotschalk, businessman (born 1786)
- 22 May – Anton Eduard Kieldrup, landscape painter (born 1826)
- 13 June – Daniel Bentley, civil servant and mayor of Copenhagen (born 1786)
- 5 October – Adolph Peter Adler, theologian (born 1812)
- 14 December – Fritz Melbye, marine painter (born 1826)
References
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