1863 in Denmark

Events from the year 1863 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VII (until 15 November), Christian IX
• Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall (until 31 December), Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Events

• 6 May HDMS Rolf Krake is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
• 6 June Frederick VII receives a Greek deputation at Christiansborg.
• 20 July The LangÃ¥LangÃ¥-Viborg section of the LangÃ¥-Struer Railway is opened..
• 22 October – The first tramway in Copenhagen begins operations. The Horse-drawn tram cars run along a single track between Sankt Annæ Plads and Frederiksberg Runddel.
• 15 November – With Christian IX's accent to the Danish throne, the House of Glücksburg succeeded the House of Oldenburg.
• Christian IX signs the so-called November Constitution establishing a shared law of succession and a common parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the 1852 London Protocol.
• 24 December – Saxon and Hanoverian troops marched into Holstein on behalf of the Confederation. Supported by the German soldiers and by loyal Holsteiners, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein took control of the government of Holstein.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 12 March Carl Holsøe, painter (died 1935)
• 26 March Edvard Ehlers, dermatologist (died 1937)

AprilJune

• 22 April Karl Hansen Reistrup, sculptor, illustrator and ceramist. (died 1929)

• 25 April – Carl Wentorf, painter (died 1914)
• 5 May Ole Olsen, filmmaker and Nordisk Film-founder (died 1943)
• 10 June C. M. T. Cold, naval officer and politician (died 1904)
• 21 June – Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, sculptor (died 1945)
• 25 June – Frederik Jensen, stage and film actor (died 1934)

JulySeptember

• 5 July Anton Carl Illum, businessman (died 1938)
• 7 July Dagmar Orlamundt, actress (died 1939)
• 1 September Aage Giødesen, painter (died 1939)
• 7 September – Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, painter (died 1958)
• 17 September Viggo Stuckenberg, poet (died 1905)

OctoberDecember

• 5 October Louise Janssen, operatic soprano (died 1938 in France)
• 11 October – Ingeborg Raunkiær, author (died 1921)
• 1 November Carl Hentzen, engineer (died 1937)
• 21 November Emma Thomsen, actress (died 1919)
• 8 December Frederik Riise, photographer (died 199)

Deaths

• 2 May Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen, civil servant and politician (died 1805)
• 13 May Ferdinand Thielemann. architect (born 1803)
• 29 June – Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (born 1792)
• 12 October William Frederik Duntzfelt, businessman (born 1792)
• 15 November – Frederick VII, king of Denmark (born 1808)

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