1818 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1818 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke

Events

• 26 May – The County of Lerchenborg is established by Christian Cornelius Lerche from the manors of Lerchenborg and Aunsøgård as well as the farms Mineslund, Asnæsgård, Lerchenfeld, Birkendegård, Vesterbygard, Astrup and Davrup.

Births

• 3 February – Anton Melbye, marine painter and daguerreotype photographer (died 1875)
• 8 February – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter (died 1879)
• 10 March – Johan Vilhelm Gertner, portrait painter (died 1871)
• 13 August – Johan Daniel Herholdt, architect (died 1902)
• 1 September – Johan Lundbye, painter (died 1848)
• 17 September – Louise Sahlgreenm actress (died 1891)

Undated

Pennefejden: Caricature by C. W. Eckersberg.

• Pennefejden: A bitter literary feud between Jens Baggesen and Adam Oehlenschläger.

Deaths

• 25 March – Caspar Wessel, mathematician (born 1745)
• 25 April – Johan Martin Quist, architect (born 1755)