1803_in_Denmark
1803 in Denmark
Denmark-related events during the year of 1803
Events from the year 1803 in Denmark.
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- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Undated
- Import of slaves to the Danish West Indies is abolished.
- The Port of Odense is established.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen completes his statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece, his first major success.
January–March
- 4 January – Robert Cleaver Chapman, pastor, teacher and evangelist, the apostle of Love (died 1902)
- 12 January – Christian Pløyen, jurist and government official (died 1867)
- 8 March – Ferdinand Thielemann, architect (died 1863)
- 19 March – Christine Løvmand, artist specializing in painting flowers and still lifes (d. 1872)
April–June
- 20 April – Christian Hansen, architect (d. 1883)
- 23 April – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver (d. 1861)
- 2 May – Albert Küchler, painter active in Italy (d. 1886)
- 17 May – Martinus Rørbye, painter (d. 1848)
July–September
- 19 August – Aage Dons, author (died 1993)
- 4 September – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (died 1856)[2]
October–December
- 5 October - Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, painter (d. 1844)
- 4 December – Knut Jungbohn Clement, linguist (died 1873)
- 31 December
- Alfred Hage, merchant and landowner (died 1872)
- Emilie da Fonseca, actress and opera singer (died 1884)[3]
- 18 January – Frederik Christian Kaas, naval officer (born 1725)
- 6 February – Peder Rosenstand-Goiske, lawyer and playwright (born 1752)
- 4 June – Peter Ascanius, natural scientist (born 1723)
- 7 April – Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, county governor (born 1752)
- 11 June – Henrik Brockenhuus, landowner (born 1720)
- "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- Risum, Janne. "Anna Nielsen" (in Danish). lex: Kvinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- "F Emilie Susanna MÜLLER da FONSECA (Bratz)" (in Danish). Geneanet. Retrieved 9 December 2022.