1866 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian IX
• Prime minister - C. E. Frijs

  Events

• 22 August – SS Ottawa departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New Torrk City.
• 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace.
• 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenahgen on board the steam ship Slesvig.

  Undated

Births

• 1 January - Peter Elfelt, photographer
• 3 July - Albert Gottschalk, painter
• 31 August - Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer
• 9 November - Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer

  Deaths

• 16 December - Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark