1877 in Denmark

Events from the year 1877 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 7 January – The weekly Illustreret Familie Journal is pblished for the first time.
• 12 April – The Estrup government's adoption of a temporary national budget after dissolving Rigsdagen sets off the political struggle between Landstinget and Folketinget known as provisorietiden. The opposition introduces their so-called visnepolitik.^[1]
• 12 August – Six houses are washed away when Lønstrup is hit by ^[2]

Births

• 8 June – Thorvald Aagaard, composer (died 1937)
• 13 July – Erik Scavenius, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark 1942–43 (died 1962)

Deaths

• 25 April – Peter Faber, songwriter, telegraphy pioneer (born 1810)
• 16 November – Oscar Alexander Ræder, writer (born 1844)

References

See also