1801 in Denmark

Events from the year 1801 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 3 March – Battle of West Kay: the Danish brig HDMS Lougen (1791) 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

 * 4 April – Frederik Oxholm, colonial administrator (died 1871)
 * 14 June – Peter Wilhelm Lund, natural scientist (died 1880)
 * 24 June – Jørgen Valentin Sonne, painter (died 1890)
 * 28 August – Adolph Stramboe, ballet dancer (died 1850)
 * 13 October – Søren Hjorth, railway pioneer and inventor (died 1870)

Deaths

 * 20 January – Alexander Kølpin (born (11731)
 * 21 January – Peter Christian Abildgaard, scientist (born 1740)
 * Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson (born 1744)