# 1853 in Denmark

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Events from the year **1853 in [Denmark](/source/Denmark)**.

## Incumbents

- Monarch – [Frederick VII](/source/Frederick_VII_of_Denmark)[1]
- Prime minister – [Christian Albrecht Bluhme](/source/Christian_Albrecht_Bluhme) (until 21 April), [Anders Sandøe Ørsted](/source/Anders_Sand%C3%B8e_%C3%98rsted)

## Events

- 15 April – The [Bing & Grøndahl](/source/Bing_%26_Gr%C3%B8ndahl) porcelain manufactury is founded in Copenhagen.
- 20 May – [Horsens State Prison](/source/Horsens_Statsf%C3%A6ngsel) is inaugurated.
- 11 June – [1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak](/source/1853_Copenhagen_cholera_outbreak) begins and continues until October.

### Undated

- [Skælskør Steam Mill](/source/Sk%C3%A6lsk%C3%B8r_Steam_Mill) is constructed.

## Births

### January–March

- 12 March – [Johan Bartholdy](/source/Johan_Bartholdy), composer (died [1904](/source/1904_in_Denmark))

### April–June

- 19 April – [Harald Ludvig Westergaard](/source/Harald_Ludvig_Westergaard), economist, statician (died [1936](/source/1936_in_Denmark))
- 1 June – [Valdemar Riise](/source/Valdemar_Riise), pharmacist (died [1914](/source/1914_in_Denmark))
- 21 June – [Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint](/source/Peder_Vilhelm_Jensen-Klint), architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist (died [1930](/source/1930_in_Denmark))

### July–September

- 10 July – [Nielsine Petersen](/source/Nielsine_Petersen), sculptor (died [1916](/source/1916_in_Denmark))
- 13 September – [Hans Christian Gram](/source/Hans_Christian_Gram), bacteriologist (died [1938](/source/1938_in_Denmark))
- 29 September – [Princess Thyra of Denmark](/source/Princess_Thyra_of_Denmark), Crown Princess of Hanover (died 1933 in Austria)

### October–December

- 9 December – [Laurits Tuxen](/source/Laurits_Tuxen), painter (died [1927](/source/1927_in_Denmark))

## Deaths

- 22 July – [Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg](/source/Christoffer_Wilhelm_Eckersberg), painter and professor (born [1783](/source/1783_in_Denmark))
- 24 November – [Severin Sterm](/source/Severin_Sterm), topographical writer (born [1784](/source/1784_in_Denmark))
- 22 December – [Frederik von Scholten](/source/Frederik_von_Scholten), naval officer and painter (born [1796](/source/1796_in_Denmark))

## References

1. ["Frederick VII: king of Denmark"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VII). *Encyclopedia Britannica*. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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