1888 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1888}}
Events from the year 1888 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
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- The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 took place in Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=http://www.ebst.dk/expoinfo.english/nordic_exhibition_1888|title=Nordic Exhibition of 1888|publisher=Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority|access-date=2011-05-28|archive-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005233626/http://www.ebst.dk/expoinfo.english/nordic_exhibition_1888|url-status=dead}}
Culture
=Music=
- 5 February {{ndash}} First public performance of Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 1 in the smaller hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 6 March {{ndash}} Hans Christian Hagedorn, pharmachologist and Novo Nordisk co-founder (died 1971)
- 9 March {{ndash}} Ernestine Nyrop, textile artist (died 1975)
- 15 March – Sophus Nielsen, footballer (died 1963)
- 30 March – Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor (died 1955)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 26 April – Olaf Henriksen, Major League baseball player (died 1962)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 15 July – Svend Bille, actor (died 1973)
- 28 July – Adam Fischer, sculptor (died 1968)
- 12 August – Prince Axel of Denmark (died 1964)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 13 December {{ndash}} A. J. Iversen, cabinetmaker and furniture designer (died 1979)
- 15 December – Kaare Klint, architect (died 1954)
- 16 December – Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Olympic athlete (died 1965)
Deaths
- 29 February – Wilhelm Sponneck, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (born 1815)
- 8 August – Jørgen Roed, painter (born 1808)
- 14 August – Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister (born 1812)
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