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1801 in Denmark
Events from the year
1801 in Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch âÂÂ
Christian VII
Prime minister âÂÂ
Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
Denmark joins the
Second League of Armed Neutrality
.
3 March âÂÂ
Battle of West Kay
: the Danish brig is attacked by two British vessels at West Kay in the
Danish West Indies
.
2 April â The
Battle of Copenhagen
takes place.
9 April â A meeting between
Crown Prince Frederik
and Vice Admiral
Lord Nelson
at
Amalienborg Palace
results in a ceasefire.
Denmark-Norway
has to leave the neutrality pact.
8 May
Capture of Serampore
)
12 May
Capture of Tranquebar
6 July â The first vaccination against
smallpox
in Denmark is made, using the method invented by
Edward Jenner
.
Undated
Exercise is for the first time introduced in the curriculum of a state school in Denmark.
Births
JanuaryMarch
16 January
Thomas Clausen
, mathematician (died
1885 in Russia
)
17 March
Carl Wilhelm Thalbitzer
, landowner and politician (died
1867
)
AprilJune
4 April âÂÂ
Frederik Oxholm
, colonial administrator (died
1871
)
14 June âÂÂ
Peter Wilhelm Lund
, natural scientist (died
1880 in Brazil
)
24 June âÂÂ
Jørgen Valentin Sonne
, painter (died
1890
)
JulySeptember
28 August âÂÂ
Adolph Stramboe
, ballet dancer (died
1850
)
OctoberDecember
13 October âÂÂ
Søren Hjorth
, railway pioneer and inventor (died
1870
)
Deaths
20 January
Alexander Kølpin
(born 1731)
21 January âÂÂ
Peter Christian Abildgaard
, scientist (born
1740
)
15 February
Vilhelm Bornemann
, Hudge Advocate General, chief of police and Supreme Court justice (born
1731 in Norway
)
Fill date missing
Elisabeth Christine Berling
, businessperson (born
1744
)
References