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1888 in Denmark
Events from the year
1888 in
Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch –
Christian IX
Prime minister –
J. B. S. Estrup
Events
Undated
The
Nordic Exhibition of 1888
took place in
Copenhagen
.
Culture
Art
The
Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal
is awarded to
Carl Thomsen
for the painting
Middag i en Præstegaard efter en Bispevisitats
.
Music
5 February First public performance of
Carl Nielsen
's
String Quartet No. 1
in the smaller hall of the
Odd Fellows Mansion
in Copenhagen.
Theatre, opera and ballet
19 November
C. F. E. Horneman
's opera
Aladin
premiers at the
Royal Danish Theatre
in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryMarch
6 March
Hans Christian Hagedorn
, pharmachologist and
Novo Nordisk
co-founder (died
1971
)
9 March
Ernestine Nyrop
, textile artist (died
1975
)
15 March –
Sophus Nielsen
, footballer (died
1963
)
30 March –
Einar Utzon-Frank
, sculptor (died
1955
)
AprilJune
26 April –
Olaf Henriksen
,
Major League
baseball player (died
1962
)
JulySeptember
15 July –
Svend Bille
, actor (died
1973
)
28 July âÂÂ
Adam Fischer
, sculptor (died
1968
)
12 August
Prince Axel of Denmark
(died
1964
)
John Olsen
, film producer (died
1959
)
9 September
Frederik Zeuthen
, economist (died
1959
)
OctoberDecember
13 December
A. J. Iversen
, cabinetmaker and furniture designer (died
1979
)
15 December –
Kaare Klint
, architect (died
1954
)
16 December âÂÂ
Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier
, Olympic athlete (died
1965
)
Deaths
29 February –
Wilhelm Sponneck
, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (born
1815
)
12 March
Frederik Wilhelm Dannemand
, military officer and landowner (born
1813
)
8 August –
Jørgen Roed
, painter (born
1808
)
14 August –
Carl Christian Hall
, politician, Danish prime minister (born
1812
)
References