1800 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1800 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII^[1]
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

• 4 July – St. Nicolas Church, one of the four Medieval churches in Copenhagen, is closed.^[2]
• 16 December – Denmark enters a pact of neutrality with Sweden and Russia, and on 18 December also with Prussia.^[2]

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.^[2]
• Kronprinsessegade is established in Copenhagen.^[2]
• Conrad Malte-Brun is sent into exile for his pamphlets which contained outright criticism of the government, something which the new censorship laws forbade.^[2]

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)

Deaths

• 27 April – Christian Jensen Mørup, architect (born 1732)^[3]

Undated

• Anna Klemens, witch trial victim (born 1718)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VII: Scandinavian king. Encyclopedia Britannica. 1 August 2019. en.
2. Web site: Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 1800. da. 2011-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125627/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1800.html. 19 July 2011. dead.
3. Web site: Christian Mørup. Danish Heritage Agency. da. 6 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160206135422/https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do?kunstnerId=9760&wsektion=alle. 6 February 2016. live.