• Monarch – Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister – Hugo Egmont Hørring (until 27 April), Hannibal Sehested (council president)

• 27 April — The Cabinet of Sehested is formed by Hannibal Sehested of the conservative party after Hugo Egmont Hørring's resignation as Council President.
• 6 May – The Christ Church on Enghave Plads in Copenhagen is inaugurated.
• 8 May — Sankt Lukas Stiftelsen is founded by Isabelle Brockenhuus-Løwenhielm and pastor Vilhelm Kold from Indre Mission.^[2]
• 18 May — The Danish Unitarian Church Society is founded as Det Fri Kirkesamfund.

• 2 July – Boldklubben Union is founded.
• 10 December – Hellerup IK is founded.

January–March edit

• 15 January – William Heinesen, author (died 1991)
• 6 February – Gerda Bengtsson, textile artist (died 195)
• 14 March – Peter Bang, engineer (died 1957)

April–June edit

• 11 April – Kai Normann Andersen, composer and film score composer (d. 1967)
• 6 May – Vilhelm Hansen, cartoonist and illustrator (d. 1992)
• 16 May – Aage Winther-Jørgensen, actor (d. 1967)

July–September edit

• 27 July – Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (d. 1976)
• 8 September – Alice O'Fredericks, film director (d. 1968)

October–December edit

• 29 November – Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, author (d. 1958)

Full date missing edit

• Harald Salomon, medallist and sculptor (died (1990)

January–March edit

• 4 February – Albert Schou, photographer (b. 1849)
• 1 March – Edvard Helsted, composer (b. 1816)
• 10 March – Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer (b. 1805)

April–June edit

• 9 May – Carit Etlar, author (b. 1816)
• 29 May – Carl Lange, physician and psychologist (b. 1834)

October–December edit

• 18 June – Johan Kjeldahl, chemist (b. 1849)
• 25 December – Holger Hvidtfeldt Jerichau, painter (b. 1861)
• 20 December – Georg Petersen, businessman (born 1820)^[3]