1798 in Denmark
| |||||
Decades: |
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
See also: |
Other events of 1798 List of years in Denmark |
Events from the year 1798 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII
- Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
- 20 June – The abolishment of the Stavnsbånd, a serfdom-like institution originally introduced in 1733. The implementation was gradual.
Births
- 4 June – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (died 1870)
- 19 July – Christian August, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1869)
- 11 October – Thomas Overskou, actor, playwright and historian (died 1873)
- 13 October – Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (died 1868)
- 18 December – Emil Normann, painter (died 1881)
Deaths
- 7 September – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (born 1728)
- 20 December – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (born 1742)
References
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1798 in Denmark. |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/9/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.