1 June – The telephone company Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S, present-day GN Store Nord A/S, is founded as the result of merging three recently established telephone companies.
5 June – The equestrian statue of Frederick VII in the central square in Køge is inaugurated.
28 July – Crown Prince Frederick, later King Frederick VIII, marries Princess Louise of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
19 September – Aalborg station, on the newly completed railroad stretch between Randers and Aalborg, is inaugurated.
Births
2 January – Carl Moltke, Danish nobleman, minister to the United States in 1908, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1924–1926 (died 1935)
