1876 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1876 in Denmark .

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

15 May: The Greek royal family arrives to Copenhagen.

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]
• 15 May: The Greek royal family arrives to Copenhagen.
• 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.
• 25 September – The Hans Christian Ørsted Monument in Ørstedsparken in Copenhagen is inaugurated.
• 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]

Sports

• 26 April – Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is founded.

Publications

• Jens Peter Jacobsen's Fru Marie Grubbe (Marie Grubbe. A Lady of the Seventeenth Century, 1976)

Births

January–March

• 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)
• 20 February – Kristian Møhl, painter and decorative artist (died 1962)

April–June

• 29 May – Christine Swane, painter associated with the "Funen Painters" (died 1960)
• 2 June – Hakon Børresen, composer (died 1954)

July–September

• 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)
• 22 August – Erik Christian Clemmensen, Danish-American chemist, inventor of the Clemmensen reduction (died 1941)
• 12 September – Frederik Jacobsen, actor (died 1922)

October–December

• 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)

Deaths

January–March

• 14 January – Rudolph Striegler, photographer (born 1816)
• 23 January – Axel Liebmann, composer (born 1849)
• 24 January – Rudolph Striegler, photographer (born 1816)
• 27 January – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (born 1838)
• 28 February – Franziska Carlsen, writer and local historian (born 1817)

March–May

• 5 May – Georg Grothe, composer (born 1822)
• 2 June – Frederikke Løvenskiold, composer (born 1785)
• 9 June – Frederik Theodor Kloss, painter (born 1802)

October–December

• 17 December – Ejler Andreas Jorgensen, painter (born 1838)
• 27 December – Frederik Paludan-Müller, poet (born 1809)
• 30 December – Christian Winther, lyric poet (born 1796)

References

1. "Christian IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. "Nationaltidende" (in Danish). De Danske Aviser. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
3. "Arbejderhistorisk bladliste 1871-1880 · Modkraft.dk". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
4. Nohlen, D. & Stöver, P. (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 523, ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7.
5. "Kb-boldklub - en kort version af klubbens historie". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
6. "1876" (in Danish). Nordkraft.dk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
7. Jensen, Niels (1976). Fynske jernbaner (in Danish). J. Fr. Clausens Forlag. p. 15. ISBN   87-11-03736-9.
8. "History of United Shipping & Trading Company". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2014.