1892 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1892 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 20 April  - The 1892 Danish Parliamentary Election takes place.
• 22 June  - Fanø Nordsøbad is inaugurated on the island of Fanø.^[2]
• 49 July The 14th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen.

Undated

Culture

Music

• 8 April Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 2 is for the first time performed in public in Copenhagen.

Births

• 17 February  - Poul Jørgensen (gymnast), gymnast (died 1973)
• 3 April Elof Risebye, painter (died 1961)
• 4 April  - Charles Christian Lauritsen, Danish-American physicist (died 1968)
• 5 July Lauge Koch, geologist and Arctic explorer (died 1964)
• 9 August  - Thomas Dinesen, Danish-Canadian military officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1979)
• 29 October Ernst Hansen, painter (died 1968)

Deaths

January March

• 12 January Heinrich Buntzen, painter (born 1808)
• 10 March Gottlieb Abrahamson Gedalia, banker (born 1816)

AprilSeptember

• 6 August  - Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes, economist, writer, and editor (born 1844)
• 23 September  - Mads Christian Holm, shipbuilder and ship-owner

OctoberDecember

• 17 October Albert Heinrich Riise, pharmacist (born 1810)
• 22 December  - M Wilhelm Hellesen, industrialist and inventor /born 1836)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Indledning til Badevæsen. da. mitfanoe.dk. 18 December 2015.