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1801 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1801 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

  • 3 March – Battle of West Kay: the Danish brig is attacked by two British vessels at West Kay in the Danish West Indies.
  • 2 April – The Battle of Copenhagen takes place.
  • 9 April – A meeting between Crown Prince Frederik and Vice Admiral Lord Nelson at Amalienborg Palace results in a ceasefire. Denmark-Norway has to leave the neutrality pact.
  • 6 July – The first vaccination against smallpox in Denmark is made, using the method invented by Edward Jenner.

Undated

  • Exercise is for the first time introduced in the curriculum of a state school in Denmark.

Births

  • 4 April – Frederik Oxholm, colonial administrator (died 1871)
  • 14 June – Peter Wilhelm Lund, natural scientist (died 1880)
  • 24 June – Jørgen Valentin Sonne, painter (died 1890)
  • 28 August – Adolph Stramboe, ballet dancer (died 1850)
  • 13 October – Søren Hjorth, railway pioneer and inventor (died 1870)

Deaths

  • 20 January Alexander Kølpin (born 1731)
  • 21 January – Peter Christian Abildgaard, scientist (born 1740)
  • 15 February Vilhelm Bornemann, Hudge Advocate General, chief of police and Supreme Court justice (born 1731 in Norway)

Fill date missing

  • Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson (born 1744)

References

References

  1. "Christian VII {{!}} Scandinavian king".
  2. "1801". Selskabet for Københavns Historie.
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