1842 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1842 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1842 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VIII ^[1]
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim, Poul Christian Stemann

Events

• 23 July – the Hørsholm Textile Factory is established in Hørsholm.

Undated

• The National Liberal Party is formed.
• Jørgen Ernst Meyer establishes the nation's first lacquerware company.

Births

Carl Jacobsen.

Gustav Adolph Hagemann.

January–March

• 25 January – Vilhelm Thomsen, linguist (died 1927)
• 4 February – Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (died 1927)
• 27 February – Theodor Wessel, businessman (died 1905)
• 2 March – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (died 1914)
• 9 March – Vilhelm Groth, painter (died 1899)

April–June

• 3 April – Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (died 1924)
• 6 May – Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (died 1909)
• 16 May – Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (died 1916)

July–September

• 9 July – Emil Poulsen, actor (died 1911) ^[2]
• 17 August – Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1909)
• 22 August – Emilie Mundt, painter (died 1922)

October–December

• 9 October – Louise Nimb, restaurateur (died 1903)
• 4 November – Otto Haslund, painter (died 1917)
• 16 November – Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (died 1924)

Deaths

Peter Oluf Brøndsted.

• 18 January – Ludvig Manthey, pharmacist, businessman and landowner (died 1769)
• 6 June – Eline Heger, actress (born 1774)
• 26 June – Peter Oluf Brøndsted, archaeologist (born 1780)
• 8 October – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer (born 1774)
• 12 October – Haagen Mathiesenm businessman (born 1759 in Norway)

References

1. "Christian VIII: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
2. "Otto Andrup". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.