1846 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1846 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VIII^[1]
• Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann

Events

• 5 May The Society of the Friends of Peasants is established in Copenhagen.

Undated

• The of Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer, the first secondary education school for women, is established by Annestine Beyer and Emil Bojsen.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 25 January August Jerndorff, painter (died 1906)
• 8 March Gerhard Faye, factory manager (died 1917)
• 19 March Oscar Wanscher, surgeon (died 1906)^[2]
• 22 March Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (died 1931)

OctoberDecember

• 9 October – Holger Drachmann, poet, dramatist and painter (died 1908)
• 2 November – Holger Roed, painter (died 1874)
• 15 October – Dumme Lort, writer (died 1879)

Deaths

• 27 January  - Anne Cathrine Collett, landowner (born 1768)
• 24 July Christian Holm, painter (born 1804)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VIII king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Kølpin, Alexander. 18 July 2011 . Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 6 January 2018.