1866 in Denmark

Events from the year 1866 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – C. E. Frijs

Events

May

31 May The Royal Horse Guards regiment is discontinued.

June

• 4 June The June 1866 Danish Folketing election takes place.

August

• 22 August – SS Ottawa departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New York City.

September

• 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace.
• 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenhagen on board the steam ship Slesvig.

October

• 12 October The October 1866 Danish Folketing election takes place.
• 20 October Københavns Roklub is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 1 January – Peter Elfelt, photographer (died 1931)
• 19 January Carl Theodor Zahle, politician (died 1946)
• 16 February Charles Brun, politician (died 1919)
• 25 February Hans Peter Prior, industrialist (died 1936)

AprilJune

• 5 May – Thomas B. Thrige, industrialist (died 1938)
• 19 June Sabine Helms, botanist (died 1929)

JulySeptember

• 3 July – Albert Gottschalk, painter (died 1906)
• 15 July – Adolph Jensen, economist and statistician (died 1948)
• 31 August – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer (died 1935)
• 10 September Jeppe Aakjær, writer (died 1930)

OctoberDecember

• 6 October Nina Bang, politician (died 1928)
• 19 November – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (died 1947)
• 7 December Magnus Bech-Olsen, wrestler and circus manager (died 1932)
• 18 December Holger Nielsenm, fencer (died 1955)

Deaths

• 12 February Henrik Kyhlm clockmaker (born 1793)
• 7 May Benjamin Wolff, businessman, landowner and art collector (born 1790)
• 8 April Hans Puggaard, businessman (born 1788)
• 6 November – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1794)

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