Events from the year 1870 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – C. E. Frijs (until 28 May), Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
Events 17 May – The turreted ironclad Gorm is launched from the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen. 28 May – Prime Minister C. E. Frijs resigns, and is replaced by Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg. 26 September – Prince Christian, the future King Christian X, is born to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise. September/October – The literary fairy tale "The Most Incredible Thing", by poet and author Hans Christian Andersen, is published in the United States and Denmark. 4 October – The railway line South Line (Sydbanen), between Roskilde and Vordingborg by way of Køge and Næstved, is opened. 2 November – The Vestre Cemetery in Copenhagen is opened.
Date unknown The Hansen Writing Ball is first patented and entered into production. Rosenfeldt Manor, just west of Vordingborg, is completed. Sundby Church in Copenhagen is completed. The political party Venstre is founded.
Births
JanuaryMarch 7 January – Anna Syberg, painter, one of the "Funen Painters" (died 1914) 15 January – Johan Peter Koch, captain and arctic explorer (died 1928) 18 February August Busck, Danish-American entomologist and author of works on microlepidoptera (died 1944) Thorvald Madsen, physician and bacteriologist (died 1957) 1 March – Gerda Christophersen, actress and director (died 1947) 9 April
AprilJune 9 April Arild Rosenkrantz, nobleman, painter, sculptor, stained-glass artist and illustrator (died 1964) Albrecht Schmidt, film actor (died 1945) 30 April Peter Rochegune Munch, historian and politician (died 1948) 24 July – Holger Damgaard, Denmark's first press photographer (died 1945)
JulySeptember 25 July – Peter Rochegune Munch, historian and politician, served in three governments between 1909 and 1940 (died 1948) 28 July – Michael Agerskov, spiritualist teacher and author (died 1933) 3 August – Peter Jörgensen, entomologist and teacher, active in Argentina and Paraguay (died 1937) 24 August Frederik Torm, theologian (died 1959) 26 September – Prince Christian, the future King Christian X (died 1947)
OctoberDecember 16 October – Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (died 1937) 25 November – Petrine Sonne, stage and film actress (died 1946) 18 December – Anders Randolf, Danish-American actor during the silent film era (died 1930)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 27 January – Johannes Flintoe, painter of landscapes and scenes from Scandinavian history (born 1787) 25 February – Henrik Hertz, poet during the Danish Golden Age (born 1797)
AprilJune 6 April – Christen Mikkelsen Kold, teacher who founded a school in Ryslinge, which later became a model for the Danish folk high-school system (born 1816) 13 April – Mathias Lüttichau, Danish Minister of War (born 1795) 29 April – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (born 1798) 29 May – Emil Horneman, composer and art and music tradesman (born 1809)
JulySeptember 11 July Cosmus Bræstrup, chief of police (born 1789) 13 July – Christian Albrecht Jensen, portrait painter during the Danish Golden Age (born 1792) 28 August – Søren Hjorth, railway pioneer and inventor (born 1801) 13 September – Orla Lehmann, statesman and key figure in the development of Denmark's parliamentary government (born 1810)
OctoberDecember 14 November – Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, zoologist and zoology teacher and textbook author (born 1799) 30 November – Poul Pagh, merchant and shipowner (born 1796) 5 December – Herman Severin Løvenskiold (born 1815)
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