1807 in Denmark

Summary

Events from the year 1807 in Denmark.

1807
in
Denmark

Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:Other events of 1807
List of years in Denmark

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16 August: British troops landing at Vedbæk.
 
31 August: The assault at Classens Have.
 
British destruction of ship at Holmen, copy after painting by C. W. Eckersberg.
  • 7 January – England declares an embargo against France and its allies, including Denmark-Norway.
  • 29 January – The Danish fortress Frederiksnagore surrenders to the British forces and will remain occupied until 1815. Trankebar and the Danish West Indies are also occupied by the British during the conflict.
  • 17 April – The Royal Institute for the Deaf is founded in Copenhagen.[2]
  • 6 May – Mozart's Don Juan is performed in Copenhagen for the first time, with Édouard Du Puy in the title role.[2]
  • 29 August – The Battle of Køge, also known as the 'Clogs Battle', between British troops besieging Copenhagen and Danish militia raised on Zealand ends in British victory.
  • 16 August – British troops land at Vedbæk.
  • 29–31 August – Battle at Classens Have which is destroyed.[2]
  • 2 September – Bombardment of Copenhagen starts: 290 properties burn and another 1,500 to 1,600 are damaged; 2,000 people are killed or wounded; and the Church of Our Lady and the University are among the buildings which burn.[2]
  • 7 September – Peymann, the commander of Copenhagen, surrenders to the British after four days of bombardment of the city.
  • 21 October – The British sail away with the Danish naval fleet (17 ships of the line, 12 frigates, 8 brigs, 35 smaller vessels and 81 transport ships) after destroying the ships under construction at the Holmen Naval Base.[2]
  • 31 October – Denmark-Norway is forced into an alliance with Napoleon.
  • 4 November – England declares war on Denmark-Norway.[2]

Undated edit

  • From this year annual art exhibitions are held at Charlottenborg.[2]
  • The first step towards the establishment of the museum for Nordic antiquities are made when a small collection is exhibited in the loft above Trinitatis Church in Copenhagen.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "1807" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.