• Source: 1896 in Denmark

      • Events from the year 1896 in Denmark.


      Incumbents


      Monarch – Christian IX
      Prime minister – Tage Reedtz-Thott


      Events



      25 January – Børsen, then as a four pages weekly newspaper, is published for the first time.
      18 April – Frants Hvass, diplomat (died 1982)
      1 October – The newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad is published for the first time.
      14 December – A treaty between Denmark and Portugal is signed, establishing diplomatic relations.


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      The first registered herd of Danish Landrace pigs is established.


      Sports


      April – Viborg FF is founded.
      6–15 April – Denmark wins 1 gold medal, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
      7 April – Viggo Jensen wins a gold medal in Men's two hand lift and a bronze medal in Men's one hand lift wrestling.
      0 April – Holger Nielsen wins a bronze medal in Men's sabre fencing.
      11 April Holger Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 30 metre free pistol and a bronze medal in Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol.
      12 April – Viggo Jensen wins a bronze medal in Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions.


      = Cycling

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      14–15 August – The 1896 ICA Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
      Denmark wins a silver medal and a bronze medal at the amateur event.


      Births




      = January–March

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      5 January – Eyvind Johan-Svendsen, stage and film actor (died 1946)
      24 January – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop (died 1997)
      7 February – Christian Thomas, gymnast (died 1970)
      4 March – Kai Holm, actor (died 1885)


      = April–June

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      8 April – Einar Juhl, film actor (died 1982)
      9 May – Ingeborg Frederiksen, illustrator (died 1976)
      11 June – Julius Bomholt, politician (died 1969)


      = July–September

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      20 July – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (died 1987)
      12 August – Ejner Federspiel, actor (died 1981)
      31 August – Henning Haslund-Christensen, travel writer and anthropologist (died 1948)
      20 September – Fleming Lynge, screenwriter (died 1970)


      = October–December

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      30 October – Carl Erik Soya, author and dramatist (died 1983)


      Deaths


      8 January – Carl Adolph Feilberg, businessman (born 1810)
      8 June – Johan Frederik Schlegel, lawyer and civil servant (born 1817)
      19 August– Julius Lange, art historian (born 1838)


      References

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