1802 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1802 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• April The British occupation of the Danish West Indies ends.
• 4 May – The Golden Horns of Gallehus are stolen.^[2]

Undated

• A Panoramic painting of the Battle of Copenhagen created by Heinrich August Grosch (1763-1843) is on public display in a purpose-built wooden rotunda ay present-day Sølvgade 20–22 in Copenhagen.^[3] In 1800,

Births

AprilJune

• 21 April Wilhelm Wanscher, businessman and art collector (died 1882)
• 26 April Johann Gottfried Burman Becker, pharmacist, writer and illustrator (died 1860)
• 26 May Gustav Adolph Lammers, priest, architect and artist (died 1878)

JulySeptember

• 27 July Hans Jonatan, opera singer and composer (died 1858)
• 19 September – Frederik Theodor Kloss, painter (died 1876)

PctpberDecember

• 8 October Rudolph Rothe, landscape architect (died 1877)

Deaths

• 13 February – Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice (born 1744)
• 8 February – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (born 1742)
• 24 August – Niels Ditlev Riegels, historian, journalist and pamphleteer (born 1755)
• 4 October – Niels Brock, merchant (born 1731)
• 16 September Christian Joseph Zuber, architect (born 1736)
• 17 December – Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor (born 1731)
• 27 December – Jens Juel, painter (born 1745)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VII - Scandinavian king. Encyclopedia Britannica. 22 May 2018. en.
2. Book: Medieval Literature and Civilization: Studies in Memory of G.N. Garmonsway. 2014. A&C Black. 9781472512512. 24. en.
3. Web site: Kobberstikker Grosch's panorama i Sølvgade – en kort historie. Danish. idahaugsted.dk. 3 October 2022.