1864 in Denmark

Events from the year 1864 in Denmark.

Incumbents

1 February - The Schleswig War">Duchy of Schleswig">Schleswig War breaks out after the First Schleswig War had left the Schleswig-Holstein Question unsettled when Treussia-Austria crosses the River Eider with 57,000 soldiers.
February
* It soon results in the Evacuation of Danevirke.
* The Battle of Sankelmark, a minor battle which occurs at Sankelmark, on the road between Schleswig and Flensburg, during the Danish retreat from Danevirke.
17 March - The Battle of Jasmund near the Prussian island of Rügen results in a tactical Danish victory.
17 and 18 April - Denmark suffers a severe defeat to the German Confederation in the Battle of Dybbøl which effectively decides the war.
9 May - Denmark wins a tactical victory in the Battle of Heligoland but it has no impact on the outcome of the war.
12 May - A general armistice came into effect, Denmark has lost the war.
29 June - In the Battle of Als, the last major engagement of the war, the Prussians secure Als after a night attack masterminded by the Chief of Staff Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal,
3 July - The Battle of Lundby in north-eastern Himmerland results in great Danish losses. It becomes the last battle of the Second Schleswig War.
8 July - The Cabinet of Monrad is succeeded by the Cabinet of Bluhme.
30 October - The Second Schleswig War ends. The Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg are ceded to Prussia.