1818 in Denmark

Events from the year 1818 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederick VI
Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke

Events

26 May The County of Lerchenborg is established by Christian Cornelius Lerche from the manors of Lerchenborg and Aunsøgård as well as the farms Mineslund, Asnæsgård, Lerchenfeld, Birkendegård, Vesterbygard, Astrup and Davrup.

Births

3 February – Anton Melbye, marine painter and daguerreotype photographer
8 February – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter
10 March – Johan Vilhelm Gertner, portrait painter
13 August – Johan Daniel Herholdt, architect
1 September – Johan Lundbye, painter
17 September Louise Sahlgreenm actress

Undated

Pennefejden: A bitter literary feud between Jens Baggesen and Adam Oehlenschläger.

Deaths

25 March – Caspar Wessel, mathematician
25 April – Johan Martin Quist, architect