Events from the year 1860 in Denmark.

• Monarch – Frederick VII^[1]
• Prime minister – Carl Edvard Rotwitt (until 8 February), Carl Christian Hall (from 24 February)

• 8–14 July – The 8th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen.
• 20 November – The frigate Jylland is launched at Holmen in Copenhagen.

• 16 July – Otto Jespersen, linguist (died 1943)
• 22 July – Paul Gustav Fischer, painter (died 1934)
• 23 July – Georg Achen, painter (died 1912)
• 13 September – Jens Jensen, landscape architect (died 1951 in USA)
• 15 December – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Nobel Prize-winning physician (died 1904)

• 30 January – Jørgen Hansen Koch, architect (born 1787)
• 1 May – Anders Sandøe Ørsted, jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1778)