1825 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1825 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Frederick VI^[1]
• Prime minister  - Otto Joachim

Events

• 11 July – The Danish schooner Vigilant captures the Spanish privateering schooner Adolpho north of Colibra in the West Indies.

Undated

• - A storm penetrates the narrow land mass, Agger Tange, separating Northern Jutland from the mainland Jutland for the first time since the 12th century.
• The Copenhagen Art Society is founded by a circle of the most influential figures of the Danish art world during the Danish Golden Age.^[2]

Culture

Art

• Martinus Rørbye paints the View from the Artist's Window in his parents' home at Amaliegade 45.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 28 January  - Moses Melchior, businessman (died 1912)

AprilJune

• 16 April  - Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1913)
• 10 May – Heinrich Tønnies, photographer (died 1903)
• 20 May Carl Christian Amussen, Utah's first jeweler (died 1902)

OctoberDecember

• 16 October Anders Peter Westenholz, businessman and consul-general (doed 1886)^[3]
• 19 November  - Jacob Kornerup, archeologist (died 1913)
• 30 November – Julius Exner, painter (died 1910)

Deaths

• 4 January Johan Peter Wleugel, naval officer and cartographer (born 1736 in Norway)
• 16 February – Georg Gerson, composer and banker (born 1790)
• 8 April – Carl Ferdinand Degen, mathematician (born 1766 in Germany)
• 19 May – Peter Hersleb Classen, statesman (born 1738 in Norway)
• 30 December – Peter Grønland, composer (born 1761)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick VI: king of Denmark and Norway. Encyclopedia Britannica. 27 June 2019. en.
2. Web site: Kunstforeningen. Gyldendal. 2010-10-16.
3. Web site: A. Westenholz. Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 16 June 2022.