1848 in Denmark

Events from the year 1848 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII, HM Frederick VII
• Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann (until 22 March), Adam Wilhelm Moltke

Events

• March 21 – A large demonstration goes to Christiansborg Palace, Absolutism is abolished.
• The outbreak of the First Schleswig War
• April 9 – The Battle of Bov, the first battle of the war, is won by Denmark.
• April 29 – The Battle at Schleswig: Prussia has now entered the war and the German side has almost three times as many soldiers as Denmark which has to withdraw to Funen. Jutland is left open to the German troops.
• July 3 – Slavery is definitively abolished in the Danish West Indies. It is officially confimed on 22 September.
• October 23 – The Constitutional Assembley meets at Christiansborg Palace

Undated

Births

Deaths

• January 20 – Christian VIII, King of Denmark (b. 1786)
• February 7 – Christen Købke, painter (b. 1810)
• April 26 – Johan Lundbye, painter (b. 1818)
• August 29 – Martinus Rørbye, painter (b. 1803)

References

See also