1848 in Denmark

Events from the year 1848 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VIII (until January 20), then Frederick VII
• Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann (until 22 March), Adam Wilhelm Moltke

Events

March

• 21 March – A large demonstration goes to Christiansborg Palace. Absolutism is abolished.
• The outbreak of the First Schleswig War

April

• 9 April – The Battle of Bov, the first battle of the war, is won by Denmark.
• 29 April – The Battle at Schleswig: Prussia has now entered the war and the German side has almost three times as many soldiers as Denmark, which has to withdraw to Funen. Jutland is left open to the German troops.

July

• 3 July – Slavery is definitively abolished in the Danish West Indies. It is officially confirmed on 22 September.

October

• 15 October The 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly election is held. 113 of the 158 are elected of the Danish Constituent Assembly are elected. The remaining 44 members are appointed by the king.
• 23 October – The Constitutional Assembly meets at Christiansborg Palace
• The Conventicle Act was repealed

Births

• 20 March Johan Lange, botanist (died 1898)
• 2 June Poul Sveistrup, politician and social statician (died 1911)
• 16 September – Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen, weaver, textile artist, retailer and feminist (died 1925)
• 28 December Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (died 1920)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 20 January – Christian VIII, King of Denmark (born 1786)
• 29 January – Peter Thonning, physician and botanist (born 1775)
• 7 February – Christen Købke, painter (born 1810)
• 26 March – Steen Steensen Blicher, author (born 1782)

AprilJune

• 26 April – Johan Lundbye, painter (born 1818)
• 27 May Hermann Christian Müffelmann, businessman (born 1775)

JulySeptember

• 29 August – Martinus Rørbye, painter (born 1803)

OctoberDecember

• 8 December Moses DelBanco, lawyer (born 1794)

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