Events from the year 1866 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – C. E. Frijs
Events
May 31 May The Royal Horse Guards regiment is discontinued.
June 4 June The June 1866 Danish Folketing election takes place.
August 22 August – SS Ottawa departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New York City.
September 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace. 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenhagen on board the steam ship Slesvig.
October 12 October The October 1866 Danish Folketing election takes place. 20 October Københavns Roklub is founded.
Births
JanuaryMarch 1 January – Peter Elfelt, photographer (died 1931) 19 January Carl Theodor Zahle, politician (died 1946) 16 February Charles Brun, politician (died 1919) 25 February Hans Peter Prior, industrialist (died 1936)
AprilJune 5 May – Thomas B. Thrige, industrialist (died 1938) 19 June Sabine Helms, botanist (died 1929)
JulySeptember 3 July – Albert Gottschalk, painter (died 1906) 15 July – Adolph Jensen, economist and statistician (died 1948) 31 August – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer (died 1935) 10 September Jeppe Aakjær, writer (died 1930)
OctoberDecember 6 October Nina Bang, politician (died 1928) 19 November – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (died 1947) 7 December Magnus Bech-Olsen, wrestler and circus manager (died 1932) 18 December Holger Nielsenm, fencer (died 1955)
Deaths
12 February Henrik Kyhlm clockmaker (born 1793) 7 May Benjamin Wolff, businessman, landowner and art collector (born 1790) 8 April Hans Puggaard, businessman (born 1788) 6 November – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1794)
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