Events from the year 1872 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
April
August
September
November
December
Date unknown
Culture
Art
Births
JanuaryâÂÂMarch
AprilJune
JulyâÂÂSeptember
- 9 July â Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illustrator, central proponent of Symbolist painting (died 1956)
- 27 July â Jens Olsen, clockmaker, locksmith and astro-mechanic, constructor of the World Clock in Copenhagen City Hall (died 1945)
- 3 August â Prince Carl, the future King Haakon VII of Norway (died 1957)
- 1 September â Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (died 1956)
- 7 September Thyra Manicus-Hansen, ceramist (died 1054)
- 23 September â Valdemar Rørdam, national conservative poet, author of "Denmark in a Thousand Years" (died 1946)
OctoberDecember
- 6 October â Hans Peter Hansen, journalist and politician (died 1953)
- 11 October â Carl William Hansen, author, Luciferian, wandering bishop and occultist (died 1936)
- 12 October â Carl Emil Krarup, telegraph engineer, mainly known for the invention of the Krarup cable, a kind of loaded cable (died 1909)
- 27 October Karen Hannoverm ceramist (died 1943)
- 18 November â Johannes Giersing, chess master (died 1954)
- 10 December Helvig Kinch, painter and illustrator (died 1956)
- 27 December â Georg Høeberg, composer and conductor (died 1950)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
AprilJune
JulySeptember
- 16 August â Andreas Flinch, goldsmith, wood-engraver and lithographer (b. 1813)
- 2 September â N. F. S. Grundtvig, pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician (b. 1783)
- 3 September â Anders Sandøe ÃÂrsted, botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist (b. 1816)
- 26 September Hans Birch Dahlerup, naval officer (born 1790)
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