1863 in Denmark
Events from the year 1863 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 June Frederick VII receives a Greek deputation at Christiansborg.
- 22 October - The first tramway in Copenhagen begins operations. The Horse-drawn tram cars run along a single track between Sankt Annæ Plads and Frederiksberg Runddel.
- 15 November - With Christian IX's accent to the Danish throne, the House of Glücksburg succeeded the House of Oldenburg.
- Christian IX signs the so-called November Constitution establishing a shared law of succession and a common parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the 1852 London Protocol.
- 24 December - Saxon and Hanoverian troops marched into Holstein on behalf of the Confederation. Supported by the German soldiers and by loyal Holsteiners, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein took control of the government of Holstein.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 12 March Carl Holsøe, painter
AprilJune
- 22 April Karl Hansen Reistrup, sculptor, illustrator and ceramist.
- 25 April - Carl Wentorf, painter
- 5 May Ole Olsen, filmmaker and Nordisk Film-founder
- 21 June - Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, sculptor
- 25 June - Frederik Jensen, stage and film actor
JulySeptember
- 5 July Anton Carl Illum, businessman
- 23 July Thomas Ebert, rower
- 1 September Aage Giødesen, painter
- 7 September - Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, painter
OctoberDecember
- 5 October Louise Janssen, operatic soprano
- 11 October – Ingeborg Raunkiær, author
- 1 November Carl Hentzen, engineer
Deaths
- 2 May Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen, civil servant and politician
- 17 June – Ferdinand, [Hereditary Prince of Denmark]
- 15 November - Frederick VII, king of Denmark