1876 in Denmark
Events from the year 1876 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events
25 April: Election day at Rosenborg Drill Square in Copenhagen's 5th Constituency
Group photo from the Social Democratic congress at Gimle in June 1876
- 18 March – The newspaper Nationaltidende is published for the first time.[2]
- 2 April – The first issue of Ravnen, a labour movement magazine, is published.[3]
- 25 April – The 1876 Folketing election is held. The Liberal Party wins 74 out of 102 seats.[4]
- 26 April – Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is founded.[5]
- 8 June – On a congress at the entertainment venue Gimle in Copenhagen, the Social Democratic Party adopts its first political programme, Gimleprogrammet.[6]
- 12 July – The Svendborg Railway Line opens between the towns of Odense and Svendborg on Funen.[7]
- 26 August – The Ryomgård–Grenaa section of the Grenaa Line railway is opened, as are the stations along it: Ryomgård, Kolind, Trustrup and Grenaa.
- 8 October – Prince Harald is born to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise.
- 18 November – The Royal Danish Geographical Society is founded.
Date unknown
- Julius Mortensen Shipping, present-day United Shipping & Trading Company, is founded in Fredericia.[8]
Publications
- Jens Peter Jacobsen's Fru Marie Grubbe (Marie Grubbe. A Lady of the Seventeenth Century, 1976)
Births
January–April
- 17 January – Morten Korch, writer of populist stories and romances (died 1954)
- 19 January
- Camillo Carlsen, composer (died 1948)
- Thit Jensen, novelist and author of short stories, plays and society-critical articles (died 1957)
- 29 January – Ludolf Nielsen, composer, violinist, conductor and pianist (died 1939)
- 12 February – Roger Henrichsen, composer and pianist (died 1926)
- 10 March – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (died 1959)
May–August
- 29 May – Christine Swane, painter associated with the "Funen Painters" (died 1960)
- 2 June – Hakon Børresen, composer (died 1954)
- 1 July – Karen Jeppe, missionary and social worker (died 1935)
- 13 July – Anders Petersen, sport shooter, gold medalist in 300 metre team military rifle, standing, at the 1920 Summer Olympics (died 1968)
- 18 July – William Wain Prior, major-general, commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Army 1939–1941 (died 1946)
- 6 August – Christian Christensen, track and field athlete, competitor at the 1900 Summer Olympics (died 1956)
September–December
- 12 September – Frederik Jacobsen, actor (died 1922)
- 2 October – Arnold Peter Møller, shipping magnate, founder of A. P. Moller-Maersk (died 1965)
- 8 October – Prince Harald, royal, army officer (died 1949)
- 28 October – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (died 1961)
- 30 October – Holger Jacobsen, architect (died 1960)
- 13 November – Ivar Bentsen, architect (died 1943)
- 22 November – Erik Arup, historian (died 1951)
- 25 November – John Christen Johansen, Danish-American portraitist (died 1964)
- 14 December – Jørgen Arenholt, tennis player, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (died 1953)
- 22 December – Jens Laursøn Emborg, organist and composer (died 1957)
- 24 December – Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, farmer, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark 1926–1929 (died 1943)
Date unknown
- Erik Christian Clemmensen, Danish-American chemist, inventor of the Clemmensen reduction (died 1941)
Deaths
- 14 January – Rudolph Striegler, photographer (born 1816)
- 23 January – Axel Liebmann, composer (born 1849)
- 27 January – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (born 1838)
- 5 May – Georg Grothe, composer (born 1822)
- 2 June – Frederikke Løvenskiold, composer (born 1785)
- 9 June – Frederik Theodor Kloss, painter (born 1802)
- 27 December – Frederik Paludan-Müller, poet (born 1809)
- 30 December – Christian Winther, lyric poet (born 1796)
References
- "Christian IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "Nationaltidende" (in Danish). De Danske Aviser. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Nohlen, D. & Stöver, P. (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 523, ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "1876" (in Danish). Nordkraft.dk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- Jensen, Niels (1976). Fynske jernbaner (in Danish). J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. p. 15. ISBN 87-11-03736-9.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
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