Events from the year 1809 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
edit- Monarch – Frederick VI[1]
- Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
editUndated
edit- Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, since 1805 organist at Church of Our Lady, has his debut at the Royal Danish Theatre with the singspiel Sovedrikken, and from then on his romances become an important part of the Danish music scene.[2]
- Sporgø Lighthouse is constructed by Poul de Løvenørn.
Births
edit- 7 February – Frederik Paludan-Müller, poet (died 1876)
- 18 March – Frederik Ferdinand Helsted, painter and drawing master (died 1875)
- 28 April – Oscar O'Neill Oxholm, military officer and landowner (died 1871)
- 13 May – Emil Horneman, composer and art and music tradesman (died 1870)
- 0 December – Edouard Buntzen, lawuer and politician (died 1885)
Deaths
edit- 2 April – Joachim-Daniel Preisler, actor (born 1755)
- 4 June – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, painter (born 1743)
- 17 March – Otto Christopher von Munthe af Morgenstierne, civil servant, judge and landowner (born 1735)
- 18 May – Charlotte Elisabeth Henriette Holstein, courtier (born 1741)
- 26 July – Lars Bache, ferryman and privateer (born 1771)
Full date missing
edit- Birgitte Winther, opera singer (born 1751)
References
edit- ^ "Frederick VI | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "1809" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.