1848_in_Denmark Knowpia

Decades:	1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s;
See also:	Other events of 1848; List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1848 in Denmark.

Incumbents edit

The Constitutional Assembly at Christiansborg Palace in 1848, painted by Constantin Hansen between 1861 and 1865

21 March – A large demonstration goes to Christiansborg Palace. Absolutism is abolished.
The outbreak of the First Schleswig War
9 April – The Battle of Bov, the first battle of the war, is won by Denmark.
29 April – The Battle at Schleswig: Prussia has now entered the war and the German side has almost three times as many soldiers as Denmark, which has to withdraw to Funen. Jutland is left open to the German troops.
3 July – Slavery is definitively abolished in the Danish West Indies. It is officially confirmed on 22 September.
23 October – The Constitutional Assembly meets at Christiansborg Palace
The Conventicle Act was repealed

16 September – Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen, weaver, textile artist, retailer and feminist (died 1925)^[3]
28 December – Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (died 1920)

^ ^a ^b "Christian VIII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ "Frederick VII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2019.