1831 in Denmark

Events from the year 1831 in Denmark.

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Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1831 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI^[1]
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

25 August: Frederik den Sjette.

• 25 August – The ship of the line HDMS Frederik den Sjette is launched at Nyholm.

Undated

Births

January–March

• 28 January – Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup, botanist (died 1907)
• 15 February – Anton Dorph, painter (died 1914)
• 10 March – Johan Vilhelm Gertner, player (died 1871)

July–September

• 27 July – Frits Holm, journalist, author and adventurer (died 1930 in the United States)
• 6 August – Henning Frederik Feilberg, pastor, author and folklorist (died 1921)

Deaths

January–March

• 9 February – Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician, businessman and patron of the arts (born 1747)

April–June

• 21 April – Johann Georg Preisler, engraver (born 1757)
• 9 June – Johan Martin Schønheyder, Supreme Court attorney (born 1752)^[2]
• 17 June – Jens Friedenreich Hage, merchant and landowner (born 1752)

July–September

• 15 September – Christian David Gebauer, painter (born 1777)

October–December

• 5 November – Johan Frederik Clemens, engraver (born 1752)
• 30 November – Catharine Frydendahl, opera singer (born 1760)