1800 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1800 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1800 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII[1]
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

• 4 July – St. Nicolas Church, one of the four Medieval churches in Copenhagen, is closed.[2]
• 16 December – Denmark enters a pact of neutrality with Sweden and Russia, and on 18 December also with Prussia.[2]

Date unknown

• A semaphore line, also known as an optical telegraph, is established between Copenhagen and Schleswig, with 23 reply stations across Zealand, Funen and Als.[2]
• Kronprinsessegade is established in Copenhagen.[2]
• Conrad Malte-Brun is sent into exile for his pamphlets which contained outright criticism of the government, something which the new censorship laws forbade.[2]

Births

• 8 March – Johan Laurentz Jensen, painter (died 1856)
• 5 September – Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, architect (died 1856)
• 31 October – Peter Lassen, rancher in the United States, namesake of Lassen County, California (died 1859)
• 3 November – Rasmus Carl Staeger, judge, financial advisor to the government, entomologist (died 1875)
• 4 December – Emil Aarestrup, poet (died 1856)

Deaths

• 27 April – Christian Jensen Mørup, architect (born 1732)[3]

References

1. "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
2. "1800" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
3. "Christian Mørup" (in Danish). Danish Heritage Agency. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.