1815 in Denmark

Events from the year 1815 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke

Events

May

• 22 May The wedding of Prince Christian and Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg takes place at Augustenborg Palace.

October

• 31 July The anointment of King Frederick VI of Denmark takes place at Frederiksborg Chapel.

December

• 13 December The County of Hardenberg Reventlow is established by Christian Henrik August Hardenberg-Reventlow from the manors of af Hardenberg (Krenkerup), Christiansdal, Nielstrup, Rosenlund, NørregÃ¥rd and Sæbyholm.

Undated

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 15 February Hans Nielsen Jeppesen, businessman (died 1883)
• 16 February – Wilhelm Sponneck, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (died 1888)

AprilJune

• 21 April – Louise Rasmussen, ballet dancer and stage actor (died 1874)
• 23 June Isaac Wilhelm Tegner, lithographer (died 1893)

JulySeptember

• 29 July – Anker Heegaard, businessman (died 1893)
• 23 September – Erhardine Adolphine Hansen, actress (died 1893)

OctoberDecember

• 29 December – Hans Jørgen Hammer, painter (died 1882)

Deaths

• 15 January Thomas Bugge, astronomer and surveyor (born 1740)
• 30 January Johan Rudolph Thiele, book printer, company founder (born 1736)
• 10 April Frederik Carl Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, landowner, Supreme Court justice and county governor (born 1864)
• 20 December Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth, landowner (born 1761)

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