1842 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1842 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Christian VIII^[1]
Prime minister - Otto Joachim, Poul Christian Stemann

Events

23 July – the Hørsholm Textile Factory is established in Hørsholm.

Undated

The National Liberal Party is formed.
Jørgen Ernst Meyer establishes the nation's first lacquerware company.

Births

JanuaryMarch

25 January Vilhelm Thomsen, linguist (died 1927)
4 February – Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (died 1927)
27 February Theodor Wessel, businessman (died 1905)
2 March – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (died 1914)
9 March Vilhelm Groth, painter (died 1899)

AprilJune

3 April Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (died 1924)
6 May Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (died 1909)
16 May Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (died 1916)

JulySeptember

9 July Emil Poulsen, actor (died 1011)^[2]
17 August – Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1909)
22 August Emilie Mundt, painter (died 1922)

OctoberDecember

4 October Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, politician (died 1893)
4 November Otto Haslund, painter (died 1917)
16 November – Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (died 1924)

Deaths

16 January Ludvig Manthey, pharmacist, businessman and landowner (died 1769)
26 June – Peter Oluf Brøndsted, archaeologist (born 1780)
8 October – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer (born 1774)

Notes and References

Web site: Christian VIII: king of Denmark. Encyclopedia Britannica. 21 June 2019. en.
Web site: Otto Andrup. Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 16 June 2022.