1842 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1842 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VIII[1]
- Prime minister – Otto Joachim, Poul Christian Stemann
Events
- 23 July – the Hørsholm Textile Factory is established in Hørsholm.
Undated
- The National Liberal Party is formed.
- Jørgen Ernst Meyer establishes the nation's first lacquerware company.
Births
January–March
- 25 January – Vilhelm Thomsen, linguist (died 1927)
- 4 February – Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (died 1927)
- 27 February – Theodor Wessel, businessman (died 1905)
- 2 March – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (died 1914)
- 9 March – Vilhelm Groth, painter (died 1899)
April–June
- 3 April – Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (died 1924)
- 6 May – Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (died 1909)
- 16 May – Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (died 1916)
July–September
- 17 August – Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1909)
- 22 August – Emilie Mundt, painter (died 1922)
October–December
- 4 October – Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, politician (died 1893)
- 4 November – Otto Haslund, painter (died 1917)
- 16 November – Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (died 1924)
Deaths
- 16 January – Ludvig Manthey, pharmacist, businessman and landowner (died 1769)
- 26 June – Peter Oluf Brøndsted, archaeologist (born 1780)
- 8 October – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer (born 1774)
References
- ^ "Christian VIII: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
