Events from the year 1887 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events 28 January The 1887 Danish Folketing election is held. 17 September The British St. Alban's Church is inaugurated in Copenhagen.
Culture Art The Thorvaldsen Rxhibition Medal is awarded to Otto Haslund for the painting Concerto and Hans Michael Therkildsen for Køerne vandes.
Music 17 September – Danish composer Carl Nielsen plays the violin at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen at the premiere of his own Andante tranquillo e Scherzo for strings. 29 December – The composer Frederik Rung sets up the Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association (Caeciliaforening) of Copenhagen. Danish poet Holger Drachmann meets cabaret singer Amanda Nielsen, who becomes his muse.
Sports 23 May – Slagelse B&I is founded in Slagelse. 12 July – Odense Boldklub is founded.
Births January–March 28 January – Paul Lassenius Kramp, marine biologist (died 1975) 10 February – Richard Gustav Borgelin, army officer (died 1966) 4 March – Prince Gustav of Denmark, prince (died 1941
April–June 16 June – Aage Bendixen, actor (died 1973) 30 May – Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist (died 1964)
April–June 17 April – Axel Aabrink, painter (died 1065) 23 April – Dagmar Overbye, murderer (died 1929) 22 May – A. W. Sandberg, film director and screenwriter (died 1938) 3 May – Ebba Thomsen, actress (died 1978) 30 May – Emil Reesen, composer and conductor (died 1964) 18 June – Feodor Asmussen, architect /died 1961) 10 June – Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (died 1940 in Morocco) 16 June – Gundorph Albertus, silversmith (died 1969)
July–September 3 July – Elith Pio, actor (died 1983) 5 August – Thorvald Pedersen, pharmacist and company founder (died 1961)
October–December 5 October – Nils Middelboe, football player (died 1976) 13 October – Viggo Brøndal, philologist (died 1942) 28 October – Johannes Juul, engineer (died 1969) 7 November – Bertel Dahlgaard, politician (died 1972) 9 November – Kaj Gottlob, architect (died 1976) 1 December – Axel Poulsen, sculptor (died 1972) 12 December – Aage Fønss, opera singer (died 1976)
Deaths January–March 19 March – Ferdinand Didrichsen, physician and botanist (born 1814) 28 March – Ditlev Gothard Monrad, politician and bishop (born 1811)
April–June 22 April – Harald Bohr, mathematician (born 1951) 28 April – Wolfgang von Haffner, military officer (born 1810) 30 April – J.C. Jacobsen, brewer and industrialist, founder of Carlsberg (born 1811) 16 May – Edouard Suenson, naval officer (born 1805) 25 June – Josephine Schneider, educator and philanthropist (born 1820)
July–September 15 August – Meïr Aron Goldschmidt, journalist, publisher and novelist (born 1819) 25 August – Thomas Lange, novelist (born 1829) 16 September – Peter Andersen, budinessman (born 1814)
October–December 13 November – Hans Schjellerup, astronomer (born 1827) 27 December – Frederik Hegel, bookseller and publisher (born 1817)
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