1861 in Denmark
Events from the year 1861 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Frederick VII
- Prime minister - Carl Christian Hall
Events
- July - The archaeological excavations at the Jelling Stones are resumed under supervision of Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae and later that month visited by King Frederik VII personally.
- 25 August - St. John's Church in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen is consecrated at a ceremony attended by King Frederik VII. It is first church to be built outside the city's old fortification ring when it was decommissioned.
- 13 September - The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark is founded.
Publications
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 10 February – Walter Christmas, author
- 14 February - Peter Ilsted, artist and printmaker
AprilJune
- 1 April Ivar Knudsen, engineer
- 27 April - Johan Skjoldborg, author
- 29 April – Holger Hvidtfeldt Jerichau, painter
- 22 May - Johannes Georg Forchhammer, physicist
JulySeptember
- 10 September - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, sculptor
- 25 September - Rasmus Andersen, sculptor
Deaths
AprilJune
- 2 April
- * Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark
- * * Christian Steen, bookseller and publisher
- 1 May - Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver