Events from the year 1876 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events
18 March – The newspaper Nationaltidende is published for the first time. 2 April – The first issue of Ravnen, a labour movement magazine, is published. 25 April – The 1876 Folketing election is held. The Liberal Party wins 74 out of 102 seats.Nohlen, D. & Stöver, P. (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 523, . 26 April – Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is founded. 8 June – On a congress at the entertainment venue Gimle in Copenhagen, the Social Democratic Party adopts its first political programme, Gimleprogrammet. 15 May: The Greek royal family arrives to Copenhagen. 12 July – The Svendborg Railway Line opens between the towns of Odense and Svendborg on Funen. 26 August – The Ryomgård–Grenaa section of the Grenaa Line railway is opened, as are the stations along it: , , and . 25 September The Hans Christian Ørsted Monument in Ørstedsparken in Copenhagen is inaugurated. 8 October – Prince Harald is born to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise. 18 November – The Royal Danish Geographical Society is founded.
Date unknown Julius Mortensen Shipping, present-day United Shipping & Trading Company, is founded in Fredericia.
Sports 26 April Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is founded.
Publications Jens Peter Jacobsen's Fru Marie Grubbe (Marie Grubbe. A Lady of the Seventeenth Century, 1976)
Births
January–March 17 January – Morten Korch, writer of populist stories and romances (died 1954) 19 January Camillo Carlsen, composer (died 1948) Thit Jensen, novelist and author of short stories, plays and society-critical articles (died 1957) 29 January – Ludolf Nielsen, composer, violinist, conductor and pianist (died 1939) 12 February – Roger Henrichsen, composer and pianist (died 1926) 10 March – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (died 1959) 20 February Kristian Møhl, painter and decorative artist (died 1962)
April–June 29 May – Christine Swane, painter associated with the "Funen Painters" (died 1960) 2 June – Hakon Børresen, composer (died 1954)
JulySeptember 1 July – Karen Jeppe, missionary and social worker (died 1935) 13 July – Anders Petersen, sport shooter, gold medalist in 300 metre team military rifle, standing, at the 1920 Summer Olympics (died 1968) 18 July – William Wain Prior, major-general, commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Army 1939–1941 (died 1946) 6 August – Christian Christensen, track and field athlete, competitor at the 1900 Summer Olympics (died 1956) 22 August Erik Christian Clemmensen, Danish-American chemist, inventor of the Clemmensen reduction (died 1941) 12 September – Frederik Jacobsen, actor (died 1922)
OctoberDecember 2 October – Arnold Peter Møller, shipping magnate, founder of A. P. Moller-Maersk (died 1965) 8 October – Prince Harald, royal, army officer (died 1949) 28 October – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (died 1961) 30 October – Holger Jacobsen, architect (died 1960) 13 November – Ivar Bentsen, architect (died 1943) 22 November – Erik Arup, historian (died 1951) 25 November – John Christen Johansen, Danish-American portraitist (died 1964) 14 December – Jørgen Arenholt, tennis player, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (died 1953) 22 December – Jens Laursøn Emborg, organist and composer (died 1957) 24 December – Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, farmer, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark 1926–1929 (died 1943)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 14 January – Rudolph Striegler, photographer (born 1816) 23 January – Axel Liebmann, composer (born 1849) 24 January – Rudolph Striegler, photographer (born 1816) 27 January – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (born 1838) 28 February – Franziska Carlsen, writer and local historian (born 1817)
MarchMay 5 May – Georg Grothe, composer (born 1822) 2 June – Frederikke Løvenskiold, composer (born 1785) 9 June – Frederik Theodor Kloss, painter (born 1802)
JulySeptember 3 August Waldemar Tully Oxholm, diplomat and court official (born 1805)
OctoberDecember 17 December Ejler Andreas Jorgensen, painter (born 1838) 27 December – Frederik Paludan-Müller, poet (born 1809) 30 December – Christian Winther, lyric poet (born 1796)
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