1812 in Denmark

Events from the year 1812 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Frederik Moltke

Events

Undated

• Andreas Marschall establishes a piano factory in Copenhagen.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 25 February – Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister (died 1888)
• 8 March – Louis Gurlitt, painter (died 1897)
• 24 March – Carl Dahl, painter (died 1865)

AprilJune

• 25 May – Thorald Brendstrup, painter (died 1883)

JulySeptember

• 29 August – Adolph Peter Adler, theologian (died 1869)

OctoberDecember

• 14 October Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, mathematician and politician (died 1893)
• 22 November – Johanne Luise Heiberg, actress (died 1890)
• 17 December Vilhelm Petersen, painter (born 1812)
• 24 December Carl Balsgaard, painter (died 1893)

Deaths

• 16 January – Pierre Peschier, merchant (born 1739)
• 27 January Martha Wærn, philanthropist (born 1741)
• 7 March Thomas Ter-Borch, businessman (born 1762)
• 21 September Poul Skibsted, lawyer (born 1753)
• 26 October – Hans Peter Holm, naval officer (born 1772)

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