1853 in Denmark

Events from the year 1853 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Frederick VII
Prime minister - Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Anders Sandøe Ørsted

Events

15 April – The Bing & Grøndahl porcelain manufactury is founded in Copenhagen.
20 May Horsens State Prison is inaugurated.
11 June – 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak begins and continues until October.

Undated

Skælskør Steam Mill is constructed.

Births

JanuaryMarch

12 March – Johan Bartholdy, composer

AprilJune

1 June Valdemar Riise, pharmacist
21 June Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist

JulySeptember

10 July – Nielsine Petersen, sculptor
13 September – Hans Christian Gram, bacteriologist
29 September – Princess Thyra of Denmark, Crown Princess of Hanover

OctoberDecember

9 December – Laurits Tuxen, painter

Deaths

22 July – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter and professor
24 November Severin Sterm, topographical writer
22 December – Frederik von Scholten, naval officer and painter