1858 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1858 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VII[1]
- Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall
Events
- 10 November – The Danish Order of Freemasons is founded.
- 10 September – The statue of Frederick VI is unveiled at Frederiksberg Runddel.
- 1 November – The new and taller Skagen Lighthouse is inaugurated as a replacement of the old Skagen Lighthouse from 1747.
- 18 November – The Institut Sankt Joseph is founded.
Undated
- Bernhard Hertz establishes his own workshop.
- The Institute for the Blind (founded in 1811) is taken over by the state and continued as the Rotal Institute for the Blind.
Births
January–March
- 12 January – Viggo Lindstrøm, actor and theatre director (died 1926)
- 6 March – Gustav Wied, writer (died 1914)
- 25 March – Charlotte Eilersgaard, author and editor (died 1922)[2]
April–June
- 3 May – Alfred Schmidt, painter (died 1938)
- 24 June – Jacob Stilling-Andersen, businessman (died 1933)
July–September
- 17 July – Kristine Marie Jensen, cookbook writer (died 1923)
- 31 August – Povl Bentzon, engineer and land surveyor (died 1943)
- 6 September – Henrik Grønvold, painter (died 1940)
October–December
- 2 November – Niels Skovgaard, artist (died 1938)
- 27 October – Prince Valdemar of Denmark (died 1939)
Deaths
- 19 March – Carl Emil Moltke, diplomat and landowner (born 1773)
- 10 November – Johannes Theodorus Suhr, businessman (born 1792)
References
- ^ "Frederick VII: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Eilersgaard". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
