Events from the year
1806
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon.
* January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall ...
in
Denmark
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.
Incumbents
* Monarch –
Christian VII
* Prime minister –
Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
* 27 October The
Barony of Gaunø was established by
Otto Reedtz-Thott (1785-1862) from the manors of
Gavnø,
Lindersvold and
Strandegård.
Undated
* Flights in Copenhagen with manned
hot air balloon.
Births
* 24 February –
Christopher Bagnæs Hansen, furniture maker (died
1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
)
* 24 September
Niels Christian Kierkegaard
Niels Christian Kierkegaard (24 September 1806 – 14 August 1882) was a Danish draftsman and lithographer.
Biography
Kierkegaard was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Anders Andersen Kierkegaard and Karen Jørgensen and was a se ...
, craftsman and lithographer (died
1882
Events
January–March
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...
)
* 11 October –
Niels Kjærbølling, ornithological writer and lithographer, founder of
Copenhagen Zoo (died
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
)
* 14 October –
Niels Sigfred Nebelong
Niels Sigfred Nebelong (14 October 1806 – 9 October 1871) was a Danish architect who worked in the Historicist style. He was city architect in Copenhagen from 1863 and also designed many lighthouses around Denmark in his capacity as residen ...
,
historicist-style architect, resident architect for the Danish lighthouse authority (died
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
)
Deaths
* 16 May –
Frederick von Blücher, courtier (born 1760 in
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), ...
)
Undated
*
Ernst Burmeister
Joachim Ernst Burmeister ( –1806) was a German-Danish architect and master carpenter. He made a significant contribution to the rebuilding of Copenhagen in the years after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. He was the father of master builder Andreas B ...
, architect and painter (born c. 1774 in Germany)
References
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1800s in Denmark
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Years of the 19th century in Denmark