Events from the year 1819 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VI
Events
September
5 September - Hans Christian Andersen arrives in Copenhagen for the first time.Described by him in his autobiography. September – Antisemitic riots in Copenhagen.
Undated
Denmark's first steamship, SS Caledonia, a paddle steamer bought used in England, begins operations as a mail steamer between Copenhagen and Kiel. Several Antisemitic riots occur in Copenhagen.One is mentioned by Andersen as having occurred the night preceding his arrival in Frederiksberg; an English translation refers to it obliquely as a "Jews' Quarrel". See also History of the Jews in Denmark.
Births JanuaryMarch 30 March – Vilhelm Kyhn, painter and educator (died 1903 in Rome)
AprilJune 20 May – Pietro Boyesen, photographer (died 1882 in Italt) 18 June Niels Frederik Ravn, politician (born 1826)
JulySeptember 26 August Hinrich Johannes Rink, geologist (died 1893) 5 September – Peter Schram, opera singer and actor (died 1895)
OctoberDecember 26 October Meïr Aron Goldschmidt, journalist, publisher and novelist (born 1887) 4 November – Kristian Mantzius, actor (died 1879)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 11 January Johann Andreas Mühlensteth, pharmacist (died 1746) 20 January Rasmus Langeland Bagger, chief of police and burgermaster in Copenhagen (born 1764)
20 March – Mette Marie Rose, stage actor (born 1745)
AprilJune 7 May Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (born 1742) 15 May – Arnoldus von Falkenskiold, colonel (born 1743)
OctoberDecember 4 December Johan Joachim Pingel, cabinetmaker (born 1752)
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