Events from the year 1801 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
Denmark joins the Second League of Armed Neutrality. 3 March – Battle of West Kay: the Danish brig is attacked by two British vessels at West Kay in the Danish West Indies. 2 April – The Battle of Copenhagen takes place. 9 April – A meeting between Crown Prince Frederik and Vice Admiral Lord Nelson at Amalienborg Palace results in a ceasefire. Denmark-Norway has to leave the neutrality pact. 8 May Capture of Serampore) 12 May Capture of Tranquebar 6 July – The first vaccination against smallpox in Denmark is made, using the method invented by Edward Jenner.
Undated Exercise is for the first time introduced in the curriculum of a state school in Denmark.
Births
JanuaryMarch 16 January Thomas Clausen, mathematician (died 1885 in Russia) 17 March Carl Wilhelm Thalbitzer, landowner and politician (died 1867)
AprilJune 4 April – Frederik Oxholm, colonial administrator (died 1871) 14 June – Peter Wilhelm Lund, natural scientist (died 1880 in Brazil) 24 June – Jørgen Valentin Sonne, painter (died 1890)
JulySeptember 28 August – Adolph Stramboe, ballet dancer (died 1850)
OctoberDecember 13 October – Søren Hjorth, railway pioneer and inventor (died 1870)
Deaths 20 January Alexander Kølpin (born 1731) 21 January – Peter Christian Abildgaard, scientist (born 1740) 15 February Vilhelm Bornemann, Hudge Advocate General, chief of police and Supreme Court justice (born 1731 in Norway)
Fill date missing Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson (born 1744)
References