1845 in Denmark

Events from the year 1845 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VIII
• Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann

Events

• 15 June – Klampenborg Vandkuur-, Brønd- og Søbadeanstalt, the first spa resort in Denmark, opens.

Undated

• Henrik Hertz writes the verse drama Kong Renés Datter

Culture

Music

• 22 August Hans Christian Lumbye's Champagne Galop premières in Tivoli Gardens to mark the second anniversary of the amusement park.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 20 January Anna Laursen, educator and activist (died 1911)

AprilJune

• 20 May – Johan Henrik Deuntzer, prime minister (died 1918)

JulySeptember

• 19 July Frederik Winkel Horn, historian and translator (died 1898)
• 23 July Godfred Christensen, painter (died 1928)
• 2 August Kaspar Rostrup, businessman (died 1911)

OctoberDecember

• 24 December – King George I of Greece (died 1913 in Greece)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 24 February – Prince Frederik of Hesse, nobleman, general and governor (born 1771)
• 3 June – Joachim Melchior Magens, colonial administrator and lawyer (born 1775)
• 27 March – Michael Johannes Petronius Bille, naval officer (died 1769)

AprilJune

• 28 April – Joachim Dietrich Brandis, physician (born 1762 in Germany)

JulySeptember

• 3 July – Hans Haagen, chief of police (died 1754)
• 10 July – Christian Frederik Hansen, architect (born 1756)
• 21 June – Gottfried Becker (born 1767), pharmacist and industrialist (born 1767)
• 28 July – Johanna Elisabeth Dahlén, stage actress and opera singer (born 1757)
• 4 August – Jacob Holm, industrialist, ship owner and ship builder (born 1779)

References