1884 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1884 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 31 May – The Tommerup - Assens railway line opens on Funen.^[2]
• 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]
• 3 October  - The fire of the 2nd Christiansborg Palace begins.

Births

JanuaryMarch

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

AprilJune

• 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)

JulySeptember

• 30 September – Carl Pedersen, rower (died 1968)

OctoberDecember

• 6 November Elisabeth Neckelmann, painter (died 1956)
• 16 December – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor (died 1955)

Deaths

• 18 June Sophus Berendsen, businessman (born 1829)
• 9 August – Annestine Beyer, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education (born 1795)
• 19 December Alfred Benzon, pharmacist and industrialist (born 1823)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Assensbanen . danskejernbaner.dk . 2018-07-24 .
3. Web site: Malling-Hansens foredrag ved den store legekongressen i København i 1884. da. International Rasmus-Malling Society. 17 December 2015.