1801 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

  Events

• 3 March – Battle of West Kay: the Danish brig is attacked by two British vessels at West Kay in the Danish West Indies.
• 2 April – The Battle of Copenhagen takes place.
• 9 April – A meeting between Crown Prince Frederik and Vice Admiral Lord Nelson at Amalienborg Palace results in a ceasefire. Denmark has to leave the neutrality pact.
• 6 July – The first vaccination against smallpox in Denmark is made, using the method invented by Edward Jenner.

  Undated

• Exercise is for the first time introduced in the curriculum of a state school in Denmark.

  Births

• 14 June – Peter Wilhelm Lund, natural scientist
• 24 June – Jørgen Valentin Sonne, painter
• 13 October – Søren Hjorth, railway pioneer and inventor

  Deaths

• 21 January – Peter Christian Abildgaard, scientist
• Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson