1807 in Denmark

Events from the year 1807 in Denmark.

Incumbents

January 7 – England declares an embargo against France and its allies, including Denmark
January 29 – The Danish fortress Frederiksnagore surrenders to the British forces and will remain occupied until 20 September 1815. Also Trankebar and the Danish West Indies are occupied by the British during the conflict.
April 17 – Royal Institute for the Deaf is founded in Copenhagen^[1]
May 6 – Mozart's Don Juan is performed in Copenhagen for the first time with Jean Baptiste Édouard Du Puy in the title role^[1]
August 29 – The Battle of Køge, also known as the 'Clogs Battle', between British troops besieging Copenhagen and Danish militia raised on Zealand. It ends in British victory.
August 16 – British troops land at Vedbæk.
August 29–31 — Battle at Classens Have which is destroyed^[1]
September 2– — Bombardment of Copenhagen: 290 properties burn and another 1,500 to 1,600 are damaged; 2,000 people are killed or wounded; and the Church of Our Lady and the University are among the buildings which burn.^[1]
September 7 – Peymann, the commander of Copenhagen, surrenders to the British after four days of bombardment of the city.
October 21 – The British sail away with the Danish naval fleet (17 ships of the line, 12 frigates, 8 brigs and 35 smaller vessels and 81 transport ships) after destroying the ships under construction at the Holmen naval base.^[1]
October 31 – Denmark is forced into an alliance with Napoleon
November 4 – England declares Denmark war.^[1]

From this year annual art exhibitions are held at Charlottenborg.^[1]
The first step towards the establishment of the museum for Nordic antiquities are made when a small collection is exhibited in the loft above Trinitatis Church in Copenhagen^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "1807" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1800/1807.html. Retrieved 2011-05-24.