1856 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Frederick VII
• Prime minister - Peter Georg Bang, Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ

  Events

Undated

Births

• 18 March – Arnold Krog, designer
• 6 September - Hack Kampmann, architect
• 28 October – Mary Steen, photographer

  Deaths

• 16 March – Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt, businessman
• 26 March – Johan Laurentz Jensen, painter
• 14 July – Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, architect
• 20 July – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano
• 21 July – Emil Aarestrup, poet