Events from the year 1827 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VI[1]
- Prime minister – Otto Joachim
Events
- 1 January – Johan Ludvig Heiberg (poet) publishes the literary journal Kjøbenhavns flyvende Post for the first time.[2]
- May – Giuseppe Siboni opens the first music conservatory in Copenhagen.[2]
- 12 June – The Tightrope walker Christian Roat is killed during a show at Rosenborg drill grounds when his rope breaks.[2]
Undated
- The crown acquires the Holstein Mansion in Copenhagen as a permanent home for the Natural History Museum.[2]
Births
January–March
- 8 February – Hans Schjellerup, astronomer (died 1887)
- 1 March – Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen, painter (died 1912)
- 16 March – Ferdinand Meldahl, architect (died 1908)
- 20 March – Johannes Forchhammer, philologist (died 1909)
April–June
- 12 May – Israel B. Melchior, photographer (died 1893)
- 2 June – Petrine Fredstrup, ballet dancer (died 1881)
- 11 June - Natalie Zahle, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education (died 1913)
October–December
- 7 October – Christian Frederik Lütken, zoologist ad naturalist (died 1901)
- 19 October – Mads Christian Holm, businessman, company founder (died 1892)
- 22 December – Anders Petersen (historian), historian (died 1914)
Deaths
January–March
- 11 January – Frederik Julius Kaas. prime minister (born 1758)
- 7 February – Peter Norden Sølling, naval officer (born 1758)
- 9 February – Mette Magrete Tvistman, watchmaker /born 1741)
April–June
- 29 June – Joseph Christian Lillie, architect and interior designer (born 187+)
July–September
- 4 July – Christian Kyhl, gunsmith (born 1762)
- 3 September – Adam Ditlev Wedell-Wedellsborg, government official (born 1782)
- 12 September – Peter Nicolaj Arbo, businessman and landowner (born 1768)
- 19 September – Morten Thrane Brünnich, zoologist and mineralogist (born 1737)
October–December
- 11 October – Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow, statesman and reformer (born 1748)
- Marie Barch, first native Danish ballerina (born 1744)
References
- ^ "Frederick VI — king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "1726" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2014-09-18.