1800 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

• 4 July – St. Nicolas Church, one of the four Medieval churches in Copenhagen, is closed.
• 16 December – Denmark enters a pact of neutrality with Sweden and Russia, and on 18 December also with Prussia.

Date unknown

• A semaphore line, also known as an optical telegraph, is established between Copenhagen and Schleswig, with 23 reply stations across Zealand, Funen and Als.
• Kronprinsessegade is established in Copenhagen.
• Conrad Malte-Brun is sent into exile for his pamphlets which contained outright criticism of the government, something which the new censorship laws forbade.

Births

• 8 March – Johan Laurentz Jensen, painter (died 1856)
• 5 September – Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, architect (died 1856)
• 31 October – Peter Lassen, rancher in the United States, namesake of Lassen County, California (died 1859)
• 3 November – Rasmus Carl Stæger, judge, financial advisor to the government, entomologist (died 1875)
• 4 December – Emil Aarestrup, poet (died 1856)
• 1 December Charles Ferdinand Léonard Mourier, Supreme Court justice (died 1880)

Deaths

• 7 January Stephan Hofgaard Cordsen, Supreme Court justice (born 1727)
• 27 April – Christian Jensen Mørup, architect (born 1732)

Undated

• Anna Klemens, witch trial victim (born 1718)

References

References

1. "Christian VII: Scandinavian king".
2. "1800". Selskabet for Københavns Historie.
3. "Christian Mørup". [[Danish Heritage Agency]].