1888 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1888 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister  - J. B. S. Estrup

Events

Undated

• The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 took place in Copenhagen.^[2]

Culture

Music

• 5 February First public performance of Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 1 in the smaller hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 6 March Hans Christian Hagedorn, pharmachologist and Novo Nordisk co-founder (died 1971)
• 9 March Ernestine Nyrop, textile artist (died 1975)
• 15 March  - Sophus Nielsen, footballer (died 1963)
• 30 March  - Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor (died 1955)

AprilJune

• 26 April  - Olaf Henriksen, Major League baseball player (died 1962)

JulySeptember

• 15 July  - Svend Bille, actor (died 1973)
• 28 July – Adam Fischer, sculptor (died 1968)
• 12 August – Prince Axel of Denmark (died 1964)

OctoberDecember

• 13 December A. J. Iversen, cabinetmaker and furniture designer (died 1979)
• 15 December  - Kaare Klint, architect (died 1954)
• 16 December – Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Olympic athlete (died 1965)

Deaths

• 29 February  - Wilhelm Sponneck, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (born 1815)
• 8 August  - Jørgen Roed, painter (born 1808)
• 14 August  - Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister (born 1812)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian IX: king of Denmark. Encyclopedia Britannica. 17 June 2019. en.
2. Web site: Nordic Exhibition of 1888. Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority. 2011-05-28. 5 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005233626/http://www.ebst.dk/expoinfo.english/nordic_exhibition_1888. dead.