1884 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian IX
• Prime minister - J. B. S. Estrup

Events

• 31 May – The Tommerup-Assens railway line opens on Funen.
• 25 June – The 1884Danish Folketing election takes place.
• 10–16 August – The 8th International Medical Congress opens in Copenhagen. The participants include Peter Ludvig Panum, Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Ludwig Virchow and James Paget.
• 3 October - The fire of the 2nd Christiansborg Palace begins.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 4 January Harald Christensen, wrestler
• 18 March – Oluf Høst, painter

AprilJune

• 9 April – Peter Andersen, gymnast
• 14 May – Erik Magnussen, silversmith
• 28 May – Harald Krenchel, fencer
• 30 June – Svend Rindomm screenwriter and actor

JulySeptember

• 30 September – Carl Pedersen, rower

OctoberDecember

• 6 November Elisabeth Neckelmann, painter
• 16 December – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor

Deaths

• 18 June Sophus Berendsen, businessman
• 9 August – Annestine Beyer, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education
• 19 December Alfred Benzon, pharmacist and industrialist