Events from the year 1801 in Denmark.
Incumbents
* Monarch –
Christian VII
* Prime minister –
Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
* 3 March –
Battle of West Kay: the Danish brig is attacked by two British vessels at West Kay in the
Danish West Indies.
* 2 April – The
Battle of Copenhagen takes place.
* 9 April – A meeting between
Crown Prince Frederik and Vice Admiral
Lord Nelson at
Amalienborg Palace results in a ceasefire. Denmark has to leave the neutrality pact.
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* 6 July – The first vaccination against ]smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus) which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) c ...
in Denmark is made, using the method invented by Edward Jenner.[
]
Undated
* Exercise is for the first time introduced in the curriculum of a state school in Denmark.[
]
Births
* 14 June – Peter Wilhelm Lund, natural scientist (died 1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
)
* 24 June – Jørgen Valentin Sonne
Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George
People with the given name Jørgen
* Jørgen Aall (1771–1833), Norwegian ship-owner and politician
* Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Norwegian gymnast
* Jørgen ...
, painter (died 1890
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa.
** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River.
* January 2
** The steamship ...
)
* 13 October – Søren Hjorth
Søren Hjorth (13 October 1801, in Vesterbygaard at Kalundborg in the west of Zealand (Denmark) – 28 August 1870, in Copenhagen) was a Danish railway pioneer and inventor. Before Werner von Siemens, he discovered the dynamo-electric principle ...
, railway pioneer and inventor (died 1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...
)
Deaths
* 21 January – Peter Christian Abildgaard
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
, scientist (born 1740
Events
January–March
* January 8 – All 237 crewmen on the Dutch East India Company ship ''Rooswijk'' are drowned, when the vessel strikes the shoals of Goodwin Sands, off of the coast of England, as it is beginning its secon ...
)
* Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson (born 1744
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued.
* January 24 – The Dag ...
)
References
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1800s in Denmark
Years of the 19th century in Denmark