1906 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1906}}
Events from the year 1906 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX (until 29 January),{{cite web |title=Christian IX {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IX |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2019 |language=en}} Frederick VIII{{cite web |title=Frederik VIII {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VIII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2019 |language=en}}
- Prime minister – J. C. Christensen
Events
- 30 January {{ndash}} The proclamation of Frederik CIII as King of Denmark.
- 12 September – The inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer makes a sustained but tethered flight in his self-built Ellehammer semi-biplane on the small {{Interlanguage link|Lindholm Island|lt=island of Lindholm|da|Lindholm (Smålandsfarvandet)}} outside Copenhagen, three years after the world’s first historical flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. The flight distance is 42 meters at an altitude of over 50 centimeters.
- 6 November – Ole Olsen founds Nordisk Film in Valby, Copenhagen, making it the oldest continuously operating film studio in the world.{{Cite web|url=http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-History.htm |title=Brief History about Copenhagen |publisher=Copenhagen Portal |access-date=18 November 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423004632/http://copenhagenet.dk/CPH-History.htm |archive-date=23 April 2011 }}
Culture
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- 11 November {{ndash}} Carl Nielsen's opera Maskarade premieres at the Royal Danish Theatre-
Sports
- 5 August {{ndash}} Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1906 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Births
- 27 February {{ndash}} Søren Kristian Toubro, engineer and Larsen & Toubro co-founder (died 1982)
- 2 October – Arne Sørensen, politician (died 1978)
- 10 October – Leo Mathisen, jazz musician and singer (died 1969)
- 8 November – H. C. Hansen, politician, former prime minister (died 1960)
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- Aage Thaarup, fashion designer (died 1987)
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 29 January – Christian IX (born 1818)
- 13 February – Albert Gottschalk, painter (born 1866)
- 7 March {{ndash}} Oscar Wanscher, surgeon (born 1846){{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Alexander_K%C3%B6lpin|title=Kølpin, Alexander|date=18 July 2011 |language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=6 January 2018}}
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 12 April – Søren Anton van der Aa Kühle, brewer and businessman (born 1849)
- 5 May{{ndash}} Andreas Riis Carstensen, painter (born 1844)
- 8 June – C. F. E. Horneman, composer (born 1840)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 28 July – August Jerndorff, painter (born 1846)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 29 October – Jacob Heinrich Moresco, businessman (born 1828)
References
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External links
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