Events from the year 1803 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
Undated Import of slaves to the Danish West Indies is abolished. The Port of Odense is established. Bertel Thorvaldsen completes his statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece, his first major success.
Births
JanuaryMarch 4 January Robert Cleaver Chapman, pastor, teacher and evangelist, the apostle of Love (died 1902) 12 January Christian Pløyen, jurist and government official (died 1867) 8 March Ferdinand Thielemann, architect (died 1863) 19 March – Christine Løvmand, artist specializing in painting flowers and still lifes (d. 1872)
AprilJune 20 April – Christian Hansen, architect (d. 1883) 23 April – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver (d. 1861) 2 May – Albert Küchler, painter active in Italy (d. 1886) 17 May – Martinus Rørbye, painter (d. 1848)
JulySeptember 3 July Gustav Skram, railroad director (died 1865) 4 September – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano (died 1856)
OctoberDecember 5 October - Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, painter (d. 1844) 4 December Knut Jungbohn Clement, linguist (died 1873) 31 December Alfred Hage, merchant and landowner (died 1872) Emilie da Fonseca, actress and opera singer (died 1884)
Deaths
18 January Frederik Christian Kaas, naval officer (born 1725) 6 February Peder Rosenstand-Goiske, lawyer and playwright (born 1752) 4 June Peter Ascanius, natural scientist (born 1723) 7 April Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, county governor (born 1752) 11 June Henrik Brockenhuus, landowner (born 1720)
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