Events from the year 1846 in Denmark.

Incumbents Monarch – Christian VIII Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann

Events 5 May The Society of the Friends of Peasants is established in Copenhagen.

Undated The of Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer, the first secondary education school for women, is established by Annestine Beyer and Emil Bojsen.

Births

JanuaryMarch 11 January – Gustav Budde-Lund, zoologist (died 1911) 25 January August Jerndorff, painter (died 1906) 8 March Gerhard Faye, factory manager (died 1917) 19 March Oscar Wanscher, surgeon (died 1906) 22 March Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (died 1931)

OctoberDecember 9 October – Holger Drachmann, poet, dramatist and painter (died 1908) 2 November – Holger Roed, painter (died 1874)

Deaths

27 January – Anne Cathrine Collett, landowner (born 1768) 24 July Christian Holm, painter (born 1804) 22 August Andreas Christian Kierulff, chief of police (born 1782)

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