1802 in Denmark

Events from the year 1802 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

• 4 May – The Golden Horns of Gallehus are stolen.

Births

• 19 September – Frederik Theodor Kloss, painter (died 1876)

Deaths

• 13 February – Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice (born 1744)
• 8 February – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (born 1742)
• 24 August – Niels Ditlev Riegels, historian, journalist and pamphleteer (born 1755)
• 17 December – Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor (born 1731)
• 27 December – Jens Juel, painter (born 1745)

References

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