1869 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1869 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1869 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX[1]
• Prime minister – C. E. Frijs

Events

5 June: inauguration of the equestrian statue of Frederick VII on the central square in Køge.

18 September: the first train arriving to the Aalborg station.

• 4 February – Kjøbenhavns Skøjteløberforening, Denmark's oldest ice skating club, is founded.[2]
• 1 June – the telephone company Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S, present-day GN Store Nord A/S, is founded as the result of merging three recently established telephone companies.[3]
• 5 June – the equestrian statue of Frederick VII in the central square in Køge is inaugurated.
• 2 July – the first issue of Vestjylland eller Herning Folkeblad, present-day Herning Folkeblad, is published.[4]
• 28 July – Crown Prince Frederick, later King Frederick VIII, marries Princess Louise of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 18 September – the Randers–Aalborg line, a newly completed railroad stretch between Randers and Aalborg, is inaugurated.[5]
• 22 September – the 1869 Folketing election is held;[6] the Mellem Party becomes the biggest party by winning 27 seats.[7] C. E. Frijs remains Prime Minister.

Date unknown

• Rud. Rasmussen, a wooden furniture manufacturing company, is founded.[8]

Births

January–June

• 2 January – Carl Moltke, Danish nobleman, minister to the United States in 1908, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1924–1926 (died 1935)
• 26 March – Hans Munch-Petersen, scholar (died 1934)
• 6 April – Thomas Bærentzen, sculptor (died 1936)
• 28 April – Christian Geisler, organist and composer (died 1951)
• 7 June – Ole Olsen, sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist in team free rifle at the 1912 Summer Olympics (died 1944)
• 26 June – Martin Andersen Nexø, socialist, later communist, writer (died 1954)

July–December

• 3 July – Svend Kornbeck, stage and film actor (died 1933)
• 13 July – Christian Schrøder, film actor (died 1940)
• 13 August – Carl Peter Hermann Christensen, Denmark's last executioner (died 1936)
• 11 November – Jens Birkholm, genre and landscape painter associated with the Funen Painters (died 1915)
• 23 November – Valdemar Poulsen, engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder (died 1942)
• 6 December – Elna Borch, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (died 1950)
• 7 December – Ole Bendixen, explorer, merchant and author (died 1958)
• 18 December – Peter Esben-Petersen, entomologist (died 1942)
• 21 December – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (died 1931)
• 26 December – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (died 1947)

Deaths

• 11 March – Christian August, Duke of Augustenborg, claimant of the provinces of Slesvig and Holstein (born 1798)
• 2 April – Frederik Treschow, supreme court attorney, politician, landowner and philanthropist (born 1786)
• 5 October – Adolph Peter Adler, theologian (born 1812)
• 22 May – Anton Eduard Kieldrup, landscape painter (born 1826)
• 14 December – Fritz Melbye, marine painter (born 1826)

References

1. "Christian IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. Klubbens historie Archived 14 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine History of the club (in Danish). Retrieved 24 December 2012.
3. Historical Timeline Retrieved 27 December 2012.
4. The Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis Group. 2003. p. 1403. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
5. Jensen, Niels (1976). Nordjyske jernbaner (in Danish). Copenhagen: J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. ISBN 87-11-03756-3.
6. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 523 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
7. Kaare R Skov (1999) Demokratiets Danmarkshistorie – Gennem 150 år, København: Aschenhoug.
8. "Rud. Rasmussen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 7 June 2019.