1884 in Denmark

Events from the year 1884 in Denmark.

← 1883 1882 1881 1884 in Denmark → 1885 1886 1887
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1884 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

Peter Ludwig Panum speaking at the opening ceremony at the 8th International Medical Congress in Copenhagen

3 October: Fire of Christiansborg Palace

• 31 May – The Tommerup–Assens railway line opens on Funen.^[2]
• 25 June – The 1884Danish Folketing election takes place.
• 10–16 August – The 8th International Medical Congress opens in Copenhagen. The participants include Peter Ludvig Panum (President), Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Ludwig Virchow and James Paget.^[3]
• 3 October – The fire of the 2nd Christiansborg Palace begins.

Births

January–March

• 4 January – Harald Christensen, wrestler (died 1959)
• 18 March – Oluf Høst, painter (died 1966)

April–June

• 9 April – Peter Andersen, gymnast (died 1954)
• 14 May – Erik Magnussen, silversmith (died 1861 in the United States)
• 28 May – Harald Krenchel, fencer (died 1922)
• 30 June – Svend Rindomm screenwriter and actor (died 1960)

July–September

• 30 September – Carl Pedersen, rower (died 1968)

October–December

• 6 November – Elisabeth Neckelmann, painter (died 1956)
• 16 December – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor (died 1955)

Deaths

• 18 June – Sophus Berendsen, businessman (born 1829)
• 9 August – Annestine Beyer, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education (born 1795)
• 19 December – Alfred Benzon, pharmacist and industrialist (born 1823)