1818 in Denmark

Events from the year 1818 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 26 May The County of Lerchenborg is established by Christian Cornelius Lerche from the manors of Lerchenborg and AunsøgÃ¥rd as well as the farms Mineslund, AsnæsgÃ¥rd, Lerchenfeld, BirkendegÃ¥rd, Vesterbygard, Astrup and Davrup.

Undated

Births

• 3 February – Anton Melbye, marine painter and daguerreotype photographer (died 1875)
• 8 February – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter (died 1879)
• 10 March – Johan Vilhelm Gertner, portrait painter (died 1871)
• 27 June Hans Vilhelm Kaalund, poet (died 1885)
• 13 August – Johan Daniel Herholdt, architect (died 1902)
• 1 September – Johan Lundbye, painter (died 1848)
• 17 September Louise Sahlgreenm actress (died 1891)

Undated

• Pennefejden: A bitter literary feud between Jens Baggesen and Adam Oehlenschläger.

Deaths

• 11 February Hans Nansen, painter /born 1765)
• 25 March – Caspar Wessel, mathematician (born 1745)
• 25 April – Johan Martin Quist, architect (born 1755)

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