1865 in Denmark

The following lists events that happened during 1865 in Denmark.

← 1864 1863 1862 1865 in Denmark → 1866 1867 1868
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
See also:	Other events of 1865 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – Christian Albrecht Bluhme (until 6 November), C. E. Frijs

Events

17 June: The eastern part of Nørresundby after the fire.

2–7 September: Festivities for the Sleswig deputation in a tent in Klampenborg.

• 6 April – Hans Christian Andersens romantic comedy When the Spaniards Were Here premiers at the Royal Danish Theatre.
• 31 May – 14 June – It is possible for the public to see Constantin Hansen's monumental painting of The Danish Constituent Assembly in Alfred Hage's home in the Harsdorff House on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The entrance fee goes to veterans of the Second Schleswig War.
• 17 June – A fire breaks out in the eastern part of Nørresundby and ends up destroying much of the town.
• 2–7 September – A deputation from Sleswig visits Copenhagen.

Births

• 9 June – Carl Nielsen, composer (died 1931)

Undated

• Pauline Schmidt, magician

Deaths

• 7 April – Carl Dahl, painter (born 1812)
• 16 May – Anne Marie Mangor, cookbook writer (born 1781)
• 21 May – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist and arts administrator (born 1788)
• 16 September – Christian de Meza, commander of the Danish Army (born 1792)
• 14 December – Johan Georg Forchhammer, mineralogist and geologist (born 1794)