Events from the year 1860 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VII Prime minister – Carl Edvard Rotwitt (until 8 February), Carl Christian Hall (from 24 February)
Events
8–14 July – The 8th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen. 20 November – The frigate Jylland is launched at Holmen in Copenhagen.
Births 16 July – Otto Jespersen, linguist (died 1943) 22 July – Paul Gustav Fischer, painter (died 1934) 23 July – Georg Achen, painter (died 1912) 13 September – Jens Jensen, landscape architect (died 1951 in USA) 15 December – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Nobel Prize-winning physician (died 1904)
Deaths
30 January – Jørgen Hansen Koch, architect (born 1787) 1 May – Anders Sandøe Ørsted, jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1778) 12 May Gerhard Christoph von Krogh, military fficer (born 1785) 21 May Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, composer and musician (born 1806) 25 August Johan LudvigHeiberg, poet (born 1791)
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