1884 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1884 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1884 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX ^[1]
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

Peter Ludwig Panum speaking at the opening ceremony at the 8th International Medical Congress in Copenhagen

3 October: Fire of Christiansborg Palace

May

• 31 May – The Tommerup–Assens railway line opens on Funen. ^[2]

Kime

• 25 June – The 1884Danish Folketing election takes place.
• 10–16 August – The 8th International Medical Congress opens in Copenhagen. The participants include Peter Ludvig Panum (President), Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Ludwig Virchow and James Paget. ^[3]

October

• 1 October – The newspaper Dagbladet Politiken is founded by Viggo Hørup, Edvard Brandes and Hermann Bing.
• 3 October – The fire of the 2nd Christiansborg Palace begins.

Births

January–March

• 4 January – Harald Christensen, wrestler (died 1959)
• 18 March – Oluf Høst, painter (died 1966)

April–June

• 9 April – Peter Andersen, gymnast (died 1954)
• 14 May – Erik Magnussen, silversmith (died 1861 in the United States)
• 28 May – Harald Krenchel, fencer (died 1922)
• 30 June – Svend Rindomm screenwriter and actor (died 1960)

July–September

• 13 July – Mary Willumsen, photographer (died 1961)
• 30 September – Carl Pedersen, rower (died 1968)

October–December

• 1 December – Torben Meyer, actor (died 1975 in the United States)
• 6 November – Elisabeth Neckelmann, painter (died 1956)
• 16 December – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor (died 1955)

Deaths

Moritz G. Melchior.

January –March

• 24 January – Johan Christian Gebauer, composer (born 1806)
• 3 February – Hans Lassen Martensen, bishop and academic (born 1808)
• 16 February – Niels Hoffmeyer, army officer (born 1836)

April–June

• 18 June – Sophus Berendsen, businessman (died 1829)
• 28 June – Anna Christiane Ludvigsen, poet (born 1794)

July–September

• 9 August – Annestine Beyer, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education (born 1795)
• 19 September – Moritz G. Melchior, businessman (died 1816)
• 23 September – Mads Pagh Bruun, politician (born 1809)
• 30 September – Rasmus Nielsen, philosopher (born 1809)

October–December

• 28 October – Max Müller, army officer (born 1808)
• 19 December – Alfred Benzon, pharmacist and industrialist (born 1823)
• 30 December – Budtz Müller, photographer (born 1837)

References

1. "Christian IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. "Assensbanen". danskejernbaner.dk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
3. "Malling-Hansens foredrag ved den store legekongressen i København i 1884" (in Danish). International Rasmus-Malling Society. Retrieved 17 December 2015.