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List of events
Events from the year
1872 in
Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
Date unknown
Births
January–March
April–June
July–September
- 9 July –
Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illustrator, central proponent of
Symbolist painting (died
1956)
- 27 July –
Jens Olsen, clockmaker, locksmith and astro-mechanic, constructor of the
World Clock in
Copenhagen City Hall (died
1945)
- 3 August –
Prince Carl, the future King Haakon VII of Norway (died
1957)
- 1 September –
Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in
Greenland (died
1956)
- 7 September –
Thyra Manicus-Hansen, ceramist (died
1054)
- 23 September –
Valdemar Rørdam, national conservative poet, author of "Denmark in a Thousand Years" (died
1946)
October–December
- 6 October –
Hans Peter Hansen, journalist and politician (died
1953)
- 11 October –
Carl William Hansen, author,
Luciferian,
wandering bishop and
occultist (died
1936)
- 12 October –
Carl Emil Krarup, telegraph engineer, mainly known for the invention of the Krarup cable, a kind of
loaded cable (died
1909)
- 27 October –
Karen Hannoverm ceramist (died
1943)
- 18 November –
Johannes Giersing, chess master (died
1954)
- 10 December –
Helvig Kinch, painter and illustrator (died
1956)
- 27 December –
Georg Høeberg, composer and conductor (died
1950)
Deaths
January–March
April–June
July–September
- 16 August –
Andreas Flinch, goldsmith, wood-engraver and lithographer (b.
1813)
- 2 September –
N. F. S. Grundtvig, pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician (b.
1783)
- 3 September –
Anders Sandøe Ørsted, botanist,
mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist (b.
1816)
References