1874 in Denmark explained
Events from the year 1874 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
Date unknown
- Louis Poulsen, a lighting manufacturing company, is founded.
- The 25 øre coin is introduced on the decimalisation of the krone. It remains in circulation until 2008, when it is demonetised as the lowest-denomination coin in the country.
- Dalum Papirfabrik is established on Odense Å.[5]
Births
January–March
AprilJune
July–September
OctoberDecember
- 4 October – Agnes Smidt, painter and cultural activist (died 1952)
- 22 October – Thora Daugaard, women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator (died 1951)[6]
- 1 November – Karl Albert Hasselbalch, physician and chemist, pioneer in the use of pH measurement in medicine (died 1962)
- 15 November – August Krogh, professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen 1916–1945, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920 (died 1949)
- 1 December – Johannes Friis-Skotte, politician, Minister of Public Works (Transport) 1924–1926 and 1929–1935 (died 1946)
- 7 December – Carl Cohn Haste, blind pianist, organist and composer, music teacher at the Royal Blind Institute, first president of the Danish Association of the Blind (died 1939)
- 23 December – Viggo Wiehe, stage and film actor (died 1956)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
October December
Notes and References
- Web site: Christian IX: king of Denmark. Encyclopedia Britannica. 17 June 2019. en.
- Web site: Hjem.
- Web site: Esbjerg Krøniken - Esbjergs udvikling i årstal. da. Esbjerg Byhistoriske Arkiv. 2012-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924224448/http://www.eba.esbjergkommune.dk/Esbjergs%20historie/Esbjerg%20Kr%C3%B8niken.aspx. 24 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Kender du historien? | Det Kongelige Teater. 1 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140625120344/http://kglteater.dk/om-os/teatrets-historie. 25 June 2014. dead. dmy-all .
- Web site: Dakum Papirfabrik. Danish. museumsilkeborg.dk. 16 June 2022.
- Web site: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Thora Daugaard. www.kvinfo.dk. 2 December 2019. 15 May 2003.