1900 in Denmark explained

The following lists events that happened during 1900 in the Kingdom of Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Christian IX^[1]
Prime minister - Hugo Egmont Hørring (until 27 April), Hannibal Sehested (council president)

Events

27 April — The Cabinet of Sehested is formed by Hannibal Sehested of the conservative party after Hugo Egmont Hørring's resignation as Council President.
6 May The Christ Church on Enghave Plads in Copenhagen is inaugurated.
8 May — Sankt Lukas Stiftelsen is founded by Isabelle Brockenhuus-Løwenhielm and pastor Vilhelm Kold from Indre Mission.^[2]
18 May — The Danish Unitarian Church Society is founded as Det Fri Kirkesamfund.

Sports

2 July Boldklubben Union is founded.
10 December Hellerup IK is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

15 January William Heinesen, author (died 1991)
6 February Gerda Bengtsson, textile artist (died 195)
14 March Peter Bang, engineer (died 1957)

AprilJune

11 April - Kai Normann Andersen, composer and film score composer (d. 1967)
6 May – Vilhelm Hansen, cartoonist and illustrator (d. 1992)
16 May - Aage Winther-Jørgensen, actor (d. 1967)

JulySeptember

27 July - Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (d. 1976)
8 September - Alice O'Fredericks, film director (d. 1968)

OctoberDecember

29 November - Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, author (d. 1958)

Full date missing

Harald Salomon, medallist and sculptor (died (1990)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

4 February – Albert Schou, photographer (b. 1849)
1 March - Edvard Helsted, composer (b. 1816)
10 March - Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer (b. 1805)

AprilJune

9 May - Carit Etlar, author (b. 1816)
29 May - Carl Lange, physician and psychologist (b. 1834)

OctoberDecember

18 June - Johan Kjeldahl, chemist (b. 1849)
25 December – Holger Hvidtfeldt Jerichau, painter (b. 1861)
20 December Georg Petersen, businessman (born 1820)^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: Christian IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
Web site: Historick overblik. da. Sankt Lukas Stiftelsen. 20 March 2017.
fWeb site: Georg Petersen. Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 16 June 2022.