1802 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1802 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
[edit]- April – The British occupation of the Danish West Indies ends.
- 4 May – The Golden Horns of Gallehus are stolen.[2]
Undated
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- A Panoramic painting of the Battle of Copenhagen created by Heinrich August Grosch (1763-1843) is on public display in a purpose-built wooden rotunda ay present-day Sølvgade 20–22 in Copenhagen.[3] In 1800,
Births
[edit]April–June
[edit]- 21 April – Wilhelm Wanscher, businessman and art collector (died 1882)
- 26 April – Johann Gottfried Burman Becker, pharmacist, writer and illustrator (died 1860)
- 26 May – Gustav Adolph Lammers, priest, architect and artist (died 1878)
July–September
[edit]- 27 July – Hans Jonatan, opera singer and composer (died 1858)
- 19 September – Frederik Theodor Kloss, painter (died 1876)
Pctpber–December
[edit]- 8 October – Rudolph Rothe, landscape architect (died 1877)
Deaths
[edit]- 13 February – Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice (born 1744)
- 8 February – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (born 1742)
- 24 August – Niels Ditlev Riegels, historian, journalist and pamphleteer (born 1755)
- 4 October – Niels Brock, merchant (born 1731)
- 16 September – Christian Joseph Zuber, architect (born 1736)
- 17 December – Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor (born 1731)
- 27 December – Jens Juel, painter (born 1745)
References
[edit]- ^ "Christian VII - Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Medieval Literature and Civilization: Studies in Memory of G.N. Garmonsway. A&C Black. 2014. p. 24. ISBN 9781472512512.
- ^ "Kobberstikker Grosch's panorama i Sølvgade – en kort historie". idahaugsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
