1808 in Denmark

Events from the year 1808 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Christian VII, Frederick VI
Prime minister - Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

2 March – Action of 2, a naval battle between the British 18-gun Brig-sloop, and the Danish 28-gun Danish brig of war Admiral Yawl
20 March – In the Battle of Zealand Point, Prins Christian, the last Danish ship-of-the-line, is defeated by a British squadron off Sjællands Odde. Peter Willemoes are among the Danish casualties.
9 June – The Battle of Saltholm

Births

3 January – Jørgen Roed, painter
25 September – Erling Eckersberg, engraver
6 October – Frederick VII, king of Denmark

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

16 January – John Brown, merchant and ship-owner
7 February – Ove Høegh-Guldberg, statesman, historian, and de facto prime minister of Denmark
3 March – Johan Christian Fabricius, zoologist
24 March Johan Friedrich Heinrich, colonial administrator
13 March – Christian VII, king of Denmark
22 March – Peter Willemoes, naval officer

AprilJune

3 April – Daniel Adzer, medallist
17 May Carl Gottlob Rafn, physician
6 June – Magdalene Bärens, flower painter