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1873 in Denmark
Summary
Events from the year
1873
in
Denmark
.
←
1872
1871
1870
1873
in
Denmark
→
1874
1875
1876
Decades:
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s
1890s
See also:
Other events of 1873
List of years in Denmark
Incumbents
edit
Monarch –
Christian IX
[1]
Prime minister –
Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
Events
edit
Banquet for the Japanese diplomatic mission in the
Børsen Building
17 October: The foundation stone is set for the new Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
20 April – A banquet for the Japanese diplomatic mission is held in the
Børsen Building
in Copenhagen.
5 May – The
Scandinavian Monetary Union
, a monetary union with Sweden, is formed, pegging the countries' currencies to each other.
[2]
13 May –
Tuborg Brewery
is founded by
Carl Frederik Tietgen
.
6 October – The
equestrian statue of Frederick VII
in front of
Christiansborg Palace
in Copenhagen is unveiled.
[3]
17 October – The king sets the foundation stone for the new
Royal Danish Theatre
on
Kongens Nytorv
in Copenhagen.
Date unknown
edit
Magazine publisher
Aller Media
is founded.
[4]
The
Danish Mathematical Society
is founded at the
University of Copenhagen
.
Punch
, an illustrated conservative satirical magazine modelled on the English
Punch
, is founded.
[5]
A new building for the
Royal Mint
is completed to designs by Gerdinand Meldahl at Hammelholm in Copenhagen.
Births
edit
January–March
edit
9 January –
Hans Frederick Blichfeldt
, Danish-American mathematician (died
1945
)
17 January –
Benedict Nordentoft
, educator and cleric, co-founder of a Danish community with a Lutheran church and a folk high school in
Solvang, California
(died
1942
)
20 January –
Johannes V. Jensen
, author, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature
in 1944 (died
1950
)
21 January –
Emilie Demant Hatt
, artist, writer and
ethnographer
(died
1958
)
2 February –
Sophus Wangøe
, cinematographer (died
1943
)
5 February –
William Thalbitzer
,
philologist
, professor of Eskimo studies at the
University of Copenhagen
(died
1958
)
12 February –
Gustav Bartholin Hagen
, architect (died in
1941
)
28 February –
Johan Frederik Steffensen
, mathematician, statistician and
actuary
, professor of actuarial science at the
University of Copenhagen
1923–1943 (died
1961
)
14 March –
Herluf Zahle
, barrister with the
Supreme Court
, career diplomat, President of the
League of Nations
1928–1929 (died
1941
)
19 March –
Betty Nansen
, actress and theatre director (died
1943
)
April–June
edit
7 April
Johannes Hjelmslev
, mathematician, discoverer and eponym of the
Hjelmslev transformation
(died
1950
)
Christian Nielsen
, sailor, silver medalist in the
6 Metre
class at the
1924 Summer Olympics
(died
1952
)
25 April –
Magdalene Lauridsen
, educator (died
1957
)
10 May –
Palle Bruun
, hydraulic engineer, designed the
Port of Skagen
(died
1910
)
21 May –
Johannes Gandil
, athlete (sprinter) and footballer, competitor in the
100 metre event
at the
1900 Summer Olympics
, silver medalist in
football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
(died
1956
)
27 May –
Harald Scavenius
, diplomat and politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1920–1922 (died
1939
)
30 May –
Oluf Olsson
, gymnast, silver medalist at the
1906 Intercalated Games
, bronze medalist in the
team free system event
at the
1912 Summer Olympics
(died
1947
)
July–September
edit
4 July –
Georges Dreyer
, pathologist, professor of pathology at the
University of Oxford
1907–1934 (died
1934
)
12 July –
Rudolph Tegner
, sculptor linked with the
Symbolist
movement (died
1950
)
27 July –
Estrid Hein
, ophthalmologist and women's rights activist (died
1956
)
[6]
2 August –
Harald Simonsen
, businessman (died
1949
)
3 August –
Carl Hansen Ostenfeld
, systematic botanist, professor in botany at the
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
from 1918, professor in botany at the
University of Copenhagen
and director of the
Copenhagen Botanical Garden
from 1923 (died
1931
)
10 August
Esther Carstensen
, women's rights activist and journal editor (died
1955
)
[7]
Svend Hammershøi
, painter and ceramist (died
1948
)
2 September –
Johanne Hesbeck
, photographer (died
1927
)
October–December
edit
8 October –
Ejnar Hertzsprung
, chemist and astronomer (died
1967
)
17 October –
Aage Hertel
, actor (died
1944
)
26 October –
Thorvald Stauning
, politician, the first
social democratic
Prime Minister of Denmark
, served as Prime Minister 1924–1926 and from 1929 (died
1942
)
4 November –
Jorgen Moeller
, chess master (died
1944
)
2 December –
Christian Steenstrup
, Danish-American inventor, invented the hermetically sealed refrigeration unit (died
1955
)
4 December –
Henrik Malberg
, theater and cinema actor (died
1958
)
Date unknown
edit
Johanne Agerskov
,
intermediary
(died
1946
)
Deaths
edit
January–March
edit
25 March –
Wilhelm Marstrand
, painter and illustrator (born
1810
)
April–June
edit
10 April –
Carl Otto Reventlow
,
philologist
, developed a
mnemonic
system (born
1817
)
October–December
edit
3 November –
John Christmas
. naval officer, plantation owner and acting Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (born
1799
)
7 November –
Thomas Overskou
, actor, playwright and historian (born
1798
)
25 November –
Hans Harder
, painter and drawing master (born
1792
)
References
edit
^
"Christian IX | king of Denmark".
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
17 June
2019
.
^
From silver standard to gold standard Archived 2013-11-03 at the
Wayback Machine
, The Danish National Bank.
^
"1873".
Selskabet for Københavns Historie
. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015
. Retrieved
23 May
2015
.
^
"About".
^
Martin Zerlang. "Det Moderne Gennembrud 1870-1890. Tema 7: Presse og magasiner".
Institut for litteraturvidenskab, KUA
. Retrieved
20 November
2009
.
^
"Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Estrid Hein".
www.kvinfo.dk
. 15 May 2003
. Retrieved
3 December
2019
.
^
"Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Esther Carstensen".
www.kvinfo.dk
. 15 May 2003
. Retrieved
28 November
2019
.