1800 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1800 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII ^[1]
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

• 4 July – St. Nicolas Church, one of the four Medieval churches in Copenhagen, is closed. ^[2]
• 16 December – Denmark enters a pact of neutrality with Sweden and Russia, and on 18 December also with Prussia. ^[2]

Date unknown

• A semaphore line, also known as an optical telegraph, is established between Copenhagen and Schleswig, with 23 reply stations across Zealand, Funen and Als. ^[2]
• Kronprinsessegade is established in Copenhagen. ^[2]
• Conrad Malte-Brun is sent into exile for his pamphlets which contained outright criticism of the government, something which the new censorship laws forbade. ^[2]

Births

Gottlieb Bindesbøll.

January–March

• 14 February – Holger Christian Reedtz, government official, diplomat and landowner (died 1857)
• 2 March – Carl Neergaard, landowner and politician (died 1850)

Johan Laurentz Jensen.

• 8 March – Johan Laurentz Jensen, painter (died 1856)

April–June

• 2 April – Johannes Dam Hage, editor (died 1857)
• 31 May – Frederik Sødring, painter (died 1862)

July–September

• 2 August – Caspar Peder Rothe Ingerslev, politician 1864)
• 5 September – Gottlieb Bindesbøll, architect (died 1856)

October–December

• 31 October – Peter Lassen, rancher in the United States, namesake of Lassen County, California (died 1859)
• 3 November – Rasmus Carl Stæger, judge, financial advisor to the government, entomologist (died 1875)
• 11 November – Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff, goldsmith and industrialist (died 1890)
• 4 December – Emil Aarestrup, poet (died 1856)
• 1 December – Charles Ferdinand Léonard Mourier, Supreme Court justice (died 1880)

Deaths

Conrad Golck.

January–March

• 7 January – Stephan Hofgaard Cordsen, Supreme Court justice (born 1727)

April–June

• 27 April – Christian Jensen Mørup, architect (born 1732) ^[3]

October–December

• 7 December – Conrad Holck, courtier and politician (born 1745)

Full date missing

• Anna Klemens, witch trial victim (born 1718)

References

1. "Christian VII: Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
2. "1800" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
3. "Christian Mørup" (in Danish). Danish Heritage Agency. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.