1819 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1819 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI ^[1]

Events

September

Antisemitic riots: The mob is throwing rocks at the clothes shop owned by the brothers Raphael in Østergade, while the hussars are charging..

• 5 September - Hans Christian Andersen arrives in Copenhagen for the first time. ^[2]
• September – Antisemitic riots in Copenhagen.

Undated

Caledonia

• Denmark's first steamship, SS Caledonia, a paddle steamer bought used in England, begins operations as a mail steamer between Copenhagen and Kiel.
• Several Antisemitic riots occur in Copenhagen. ^[3]

Births

January–March

• 30 March – Vilhelm Kyhn, painter and educator (died 1903)

April–June

• 20 May – Pietro Boyesen, photographer (died 1882)
• 18 June – Niels Frederik Ravn, politician (born 1826)

July–September

• 26 August – Hinrich Johannes Rink, geologist (died 1893)
• 5 September – Peter Schram, opera singer and actor (died 1895)

October–December

• 4 November – Kristian Mantzius, actor (died 1879)

Deaths

January–March

• 11 January – Johann Andreas Mühlensteth, pharmacist (died 1746)
• 20 January – Rasmus Langeland Bagger, chief of police and burgermaster in Copenhagen (born 1764)

• 20 March – Mette Marie Rose, stage actor (born 1745)

April–June

• 7 May – Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (born 1742)
• 15 May – Arnoldus von Falkenskiold, colonel (born 1743)

October–December

• 4 December – Johan Joachim Pingel, cabinetmaker (born 1752)

References

1. "Frederick VI | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
2. Described by him in his autobiography.
3. One is mentioned by Andersen as having occurred the night preceding his arrival in Frederiksberg; an English translation refers to it obliquely as a "Jews' Quarrel". See also History of the Jews in Denmark.