1805 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1805 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 25 August A. C. Gamél us founded when Augustin Cyrille Gamél opens a delicacy shop on Østergade in Copenhagen.^[2]

Undated

• Christiansø Lighthouse is first lit.

Births

• 1 January – Fritz Petzholdt, painter (died 1838)
• 7 January Louis Aumont, painter (died 1879)
• 7 February – Frederik Paludan-Müller, poet (died 1876)
• 2 April – Hans Christian Andersen, writer of plays, travelogues, novels, poems and fairy tales (died 1875)
• 14 May – Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer (died 1900)
• 2 July Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen, civil servant and politician (died 1863)
• 21 August – August Bournonville, ballet master and choreographer (died 1879)

Undated

• Theodore Cantor, zoologist (died 1860)

Deaths

• 4 March Hinrich Ladiges, businessman (born 1731)
• 7 December – Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (born 1753)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VII Scandinavian king . Encyclopedia Britannica . 1 August 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Augustin Gamél. Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 17 July 2011 . 15 September 2018.