| 1801 |
The Battle of Copenhagen |
| 1802 |
Henrik Steffens starts his lectures at Elers Kollegium
The Golden Horns are stolen |
| 1807 |
The Bombardment of Copenhagen |
| 1809 |
C.E.F. Weyse makes his debut at the Royal Theatre with the Singspiel
The Sleeping Potion |
| 1813 |
Danish State bankruptcy |
| 1814 |
Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden |
| 1818 |
C.W. Eckersberg appointed Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| 1819 |
Hans Christian Andersen arrives in Copenhagen |
| 1820 |
Hans Christian Ørsted discovers electromagnetism |
| 1824 |
Publication of B.S. Ingemann’s first historical novel, Valdemar the Great and His Men
N.F.S. Grundtvig’s poem New Year’s Morning appears |
| 1826 |
Johanne Luise Heiberg makes her first appearance at the Court Theatre
Christiansborg Palace Chapel is consecrated
N.L. Høyen starts his lectures at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| 1830 |
August Bournonville appointed solo dancer at the Royal Theatre |
| 1833 |
C.W. Eckersberg publishes his first manual on perspective |
| 1835 |
Publication of the first fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen |
| 1836 |
The main university building by Peder Malling is finished |
| 1838 |
Bertel Thorvaldsen returns after 40 years in Rome |
| 1839 |
The Frenchman Daguerre and the Englishman Henry Fox Talbot both launch photographic techniques
Frederik VI dies and is succeeded by Christian VIII |
| 1843 |
Tivoli opens
Søren Kierkegaard’s Either-Or is published |
| 1845 |
Decision made to ban hunting and keep Jægersborg Deerpark a pleasure park |
| 1847 |
The first section of railway line in Denmark is opened between Copenhagen and Roskilde |
| 1848 |
The Three Year War breaks out |
| 1849 |
Absolutism is abolished, and the first Danish constitution is adopted |
| 1850 |
H.C. Ørsted publishes The Spirit in Nature |
