Events from the year 1846 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VIII[1]
- Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann
Events
- 5 May – The Society of the Friends of Peasants is established in Copenhagen.
Undated
- The of Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer, the first secondary education school for women, is established by Annestine Beyer and Emil Bojsen.
Births
January–March
- 25 January – August Jerndorff, painter (died 1906)
- 8 March – Gerhard Faye, factory manager (died 1917)
- 19 March – Oscar Wanscher, surgeon (died 1906)[2]
- 22 March – Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (died 1931)
October–December
- 9 October – Holger Drachmann, poet, dramatist and painter (died 1908)
- 2 November – Holger Roed, painter (died 1874)
- 15 October – Dumme Lort, writer (died 1879)
Deaths
- 27 January – Anne Cathrine Collett, landowner (born 1768)
- 24 July – Christian Holm, painter (born 1804)
References
- ^ "Christian VIII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Kølpin, Alexander" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
