1803 in Denmark

Events from the year 1803 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

Undated

• Import of slaves to the Danish West Indies is abolished.
• The Port of Odense is established.
• Bertel Thorvaldsen completes his statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece, his first major success.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 4 January Robert Cleaver Chapman, pastor, teacher and evangelist, the apostle of Love (died 1902)
• 12 January Christian Pløyen, jurist and government official (died 1867)
• 8 March Ferdinand Thielemann, architect (died 1863)
• 19 March – Christine Løvmand, artist specializing in painting flowers and still lifes (d. 1872)

AprilJune

• 20 April – Christian Hansen, architect (d. 1883)
• 23 April – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver (d. 1861)
• 2 May – Albert Küchler, painter active in Italy (d. 1886)
• 17 May – Martinus Rørbye, painter (d. 1848)

JulySeptember

• 3 July Gustav Skram, railroad director (died 1865)
• 4 September – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (died 1856)

OctoberDecember

• 5 October - Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, painter (d. 1844)
• 4 December Knut Jungbohn Clement, linguist (died 1873)
• 31 December
• Alfred Hage, merchant and landowner (died 1872)
• Emilie da Fonseca, actress and opera singer (died 1884)

Deaths

• 18 January Frederik Christian Kaas, naval officer (born 1725)
• 6 February Peder Rosenstand-Goiske, lawyer and playwright (born 1752)
• 4 June Peter Ascanius, natural scientist (born 1723)
• 7 April Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, county governor (born 1752)
• 11 June Henrik Brockenhuus, landowner (born 1720)

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