1842 in Denmark

Events from the year 1842 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VIII
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim, Poul Christian Stemann

Events

• 23 July – the Hørsholm Textile Factory is established in Hørsholm.

Undated

• The National Liberal Party is formed.
• Jørgen Ernst Meyer establishes the nation's first lacquerware company.

Culture

Performing arts

• 29 March August Bournonville's ballet Napoli receives its world premiere at the Royal Danish Theatre.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 25 January Vilhelm Thomsen, linguist (died 1927)
• 4 February – Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (died 1927)
• 27 February Theodor Wessel, businessman (died 1905)
• 2 March – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (died 1914)
• 9 March Vilhelm Groth, painter (died 1899)

AprilJune

• 3 April Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (died 1924)
• 6 May Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (died 1909)
• 16 May Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (died 1916)

JulySeptember

• 9 July Emil Poulsen, actor (died 1911)
• 17 August – Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1909)
• 22 August Emilie Mundt, painter (died 1922)

OctoberDecember

• 9 October Louise Nimb, restaurateur (died 1903)
• 4 November Otto Haslund, painter (died 1917)
• 16 November – Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (died 1924)

Deaths

• 18 January Ludvig Manthey, pharmacist, businessman and landowner (died 1769)
• 6 June – Eline Heger, actress (born 1774)
• 26 June – Peter Oluf Brøndsted, archaeologist (born 1780)
• 9 July Emil Poulsen, actor and director (died 1911)
• 8 October – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer (born 1774)
• 12 October Haagen Mathiesenm businessman (born 1759 in Norway)

References