Events from the year 1838 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VI Prime minister – Otto Joachim
Events
26 March – Denmark and Venezuela agree to sign a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation. 17 September – After almost four decades in Rome, Bertel Thorvaldsen, accompanied by his art collections and most of his own works, returns to Copenhagen.
Undated Niverød Brickworks us established on the coast north of Copenhagen.l
Births
January–March 3 January – Rasmus Krag, military officer and engineer (born 1873 in Norway) 11 January – Ludvig Abelin Schou, painter (died 1907 in France) 1 February – Christian Blache, painter (died 1920) 6 February – Johan Hansen, businessman (died 1913) 22 February – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (died 1876) 28 February – Magda von Dolcke, actress (died 1926)
April–June 2 June – Charles Abrahams, architect (died 1893) 19 June – Julius Lange, art historian (died 1896)
July–September 1 July – Johanne Meyer, editor and activist (died 1915) 10 July – Philip Schou, businessman (died 1922) 16 July – Ejler Andreas Jorgensen, painter (died 1876) 31 July – Vilhelm Rosenstand, artist (died 1915) 12 September – Jacob Scavenius. landowner and politician (died 1915)
October–December 30 October – Christopher Peter Jürgensen, mechanician and instrument maker (died 1911) 23 November – Otto Mønsted, businessman (died 1916) 24 December – Thorvald N. Thiele, astronomer (died 1910)
Deaths
January–March 3 January – Rasmus Krag, military officer (born 1763 in Norway) 13 March – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (born 1794)
April–June 20 April – Marie Kofoed, businessperson and philanthropist (born 1760)
July–September 6 July – Frederik Christian Raben, count, traveller and amateur naturalist (born 1769)
October–December 21 October – Ove Ramel Sehested, statesman (born 1757 in Norway)
Publications October – Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection Vol I
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