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List of events
Events from the year
1873 in
Denmark .
Incumbents
Events
Banquet for the Japanese diplomatic mission in the
Børsen Building
17 October: The foundation stone is set for the new Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
Date unknown
Births
January–March
9 January –
Hans Frederick Blichfeldt , Danish-American mathematician (died
1945 )
17 January –
Benedict Nordentoft , educator and cleric, co-founder of a Danish community with a Lutheran church and a folk high school in
Solvang, California (died
1942 )
20 January –
Johannes V. Jensen , author, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 (died
1950 )
21 January –
Emilie Demant Hatt , artist, writer and
ethnographer (died
1958 )
2 February –
Sophus Wangøe , cinematographer (died
1943 )
5 February –
William Thalbitzer ,
philologist , professor of Eskimo studies at the
University of Copenhagen (died
1958 )
12 February –
Gustav Bartholin Hagen , architect (died in
1941 )
28 February –
Johan Frederik Steffensen , mathematician, statistician and
actuary , professor of actuarial science at the
University of Copenhagen 1923–1943 (died
1961 )
14 March –
Herluf Zahle , barrister with the
Supreme Court , career diplomat, President of the
League of Nations 1928–1929 (died
1941 )
19 March –
Betty Nansen , actress and theatre director (died
1943 )
April–June
7 April
25 April –
Magdalene Lauridsen , educator (died
1957 )
10 May –
Palle Bruun , hydraulic engineer, designed the
Port of Skagen (died
1910 )
21 May –
Johannes Gandil , athlete (sprinter) and footballer, competitor in the
100 metre event at the
1900 Summer Olympics , silver medalist in
football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (died
1956 )
27 May –
Harald Scavenius , diplomat and politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1920–1922 (died
1939 )
30 May –
Oluf Olsson , gymnast, silver medalist at the
1906 Intercalated Games , bronze medalist in the
team free system event at the
1912 Summer Olympics (died
1947 )
July–September
October–December
Date unknown
Deaths
January–March
April–June
October–December
3 November –
John Christmas . naval officer, plantation owner and acting Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (born
1799 )
7 November –
Thomas Overskou , actor, playwright and historian (born
1798 )
25 November –
Hans Harder , painter and drawing master (born
1792 )
References