1819 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1819 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Frederick VI^[1]

Events

September

• 5 September - Hans Christian Andersen arrives in Copenhagen for the first time.^[2]
• September – Antisemitic riots in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Denmark's first steamship, SS Caledonia, a paddle steamer bought used in England, begins operations as a mail steamer between Copenhagen and Kiel.
• Several Antisemitic riots occur in Copenhagen.^[3]

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 30 March  - Vilhelm Kyhn, painter and educator (died 1903)

AprilJune

• 20 May  - Pietro Boyesen, photographer (died 1882)
• 18 June Niels Frederik Ravn, politician (born 1826)

JulySeptember

• 26 August Hinrich Johannes Rink, geologist (died 1893)
• 5 September  - Peter Schram, opera singer and actor (died 1895)

OctoberDecember

• 4 November – Kristian Mantzius, actor (died 1879)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 11 January Johann Andreas Mühlensteth, pharmacist (died 1746)
• 20 March  - Mette Marie Rose, stage actor (born 1745)

AprilJune

• 7 May Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (born 1742)
• 15 May – Arnoldus von Falkenskiold, colonel (born 1743)

OctoberDecember

• 4 December Johan Joachim Pingel, cabinetmaker (born 1752)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick VI king of Denmark and Norway . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 June 2019 . en.
2. Described by him in his autobiography.
3. One is mentioned by Andersen as having occurred the night preceding his arrival in Frederiksberg; an English translation refers to it obliquely as a "Jews' Quarrel". See also History of the Jews in Denmark.