Events from the year

1815 Events January * January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England. * January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussi ...

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Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick VI * Prime minister –

Joachim Godske Moltke Joachim Godske von Moltke (25 July 1746 – 5 October 1818) was the Prime Minister of Denmark from 1814 to 1818. He was also father of Prime Minister Adam Wilhelm Moltke and the son of Danish diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke. Early life Joachim Godske ...

Events

Undated

Births

* 16 February –

Wilhelm Sponneck Wilhelm Carl Eppingen Sponneck (16 February 1815 – 29 February 1888) was a Danish nobleman ('' rigsgreve'') and Minister of Finance. He was influential in Danish customs affairs for several years. Biography Wilhelm Carl Eppingen Sponneck wa ...

, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (died 1888) * 21 April –

Louise Rasmussen Louise Christine Rasmussen, also known as ''Countess Danner'' (21 April 1815 – 6 March 1874), was a Danish ballet dancer and stage actor. She was the mistress and later the morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark. She was not a queen ...

, ballet dancer and stage actor (died

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...

) * 29 July –

Anker Heegaard Steffen Peder Anker Heegaard (29 July 1815 – 19 September 1893) was a Denmark, Danish industrialist. His company was headquartered in Havnegade in Copenhagen and operated two manufacturing sites in Nørrebro and Frederiksværk. Products include ...

, businessman (died

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

) * 23 September –

Erhardine Adolphine Hansen Erhardine Adolphine "Ravnsberg" Hansen née Rantzau (23 September 1815 – 10 June 1893) was a Danish actress who was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in the period 1833-1861. She was married to royal chamber singer Jørgen Christian Hanse ...

, actress (died

) * 29 December – Hans Jørgen Hammer, painter (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 ...

)

Deaths

* 15 January

Thomas Bugge Thomas Bugge (12 October 1740 – 15 January 1815) was a Danish astronomer, mathematician and surveyor. He succeeded Christian Horrebow as professor of astronomy at the University of Copenhagen in 1777. His triangulation surveys of Denmark carri ...

, astronomer and surveyor (born 1740)

References

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Years of the 19th century in Denmark