1851 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1851 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Frederick VII^[1]
• Prime minister  - Adam Wilhelm Moltke

Events

• February Danish troops return to Copenhagen from the First Schleswig War.
• 1 May Natalie Zahle launches a programme for the training of female private teachers, an initiative which will eventually develop into N. Zahle's School.
• 16 October The first section of the Lübeck–Lüneburg railway is opened.

Undated

• Hagen & Sievertsen is founded in Odense.

Culture

Art

• 31 March The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition opens.
  • Wilhelm Marstrand's painting of Church-Goers Arriving by Boat at the Parish Church of Leksand on Siljan Lake is part of the exhibition.^[2]

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 3 January – Viggo Johansen, painter (died 1935)
• 5 January Johanne Bindesbøll, textile artist (died 1934)
• 26 February Peter Kristian Prytz, physicist (died 1929)
• 10 March Heinrich Wenck, architect (died 1936)

AprilJune

• 24 April Harald Giersing, painter (died 1927)

JulySeptember

• 16 August Harald Jerichau, painter (died 1878)

OctoberDecember

• 21 November Carl Locher, painter (died 1915)

JulySeptember

• 23 July – Peder Severin Krøyer, painter (died 1909)

OctoberDecember

• 12 November Karl Jensen, painter (died 1933)

Deaths

• 9 March – Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism (born 1777)
• 11 July – Ole Jørgen Rawert, government official and topographic painter (born 1786)
• 25 August – Johan Christian Drewsen, businessman and agronomist (born 1777)
• 20 December – Gebhard Moltke, nobleman, landowner and civil servant (born 1764).^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick VII king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 June 2019 . en.
2. Book: Madsen, Karl. Wilhelm Marstrand 1807-1873. 1905. Kunstforeningen. 1172123985. 168–.
3. Encyclopedia: Gebhard Moltke . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Terje . Bratberg . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no. 17 April 2013.