1863 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Frederick VII, Christian IX
• Prime minister - Carl Christian Hall, Ditlev Gothard Monrad

  Events

• 22 October - The first tramway in Copenhagen begins operations. The Horse-drawn tram cars run along a single track between Sankt Annæ Plads and Frederiksberg Runddel.
• 15 November - With Christian IX's accent to the Danuish throne, the House of Glücksburg succeeded the House of Oldenburg.
• Christian IX signs the so-called November Constitution establishing a shared law of succession and a common parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the 1852 London Protocol.
• 24 December - Saxon and Hanoverian troops marched into Holstein on behalf of the Confederation. Supported by the German soldiers and by loyal Holsteiners, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein took control of the government of Holstein.

  Undated

Births

• 25 April - Carl Wentorf, painter
• 21 June - Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, sculptor
• 25 June - Frederik Jensen, stage and film actor
• 7 September - Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, painter 1958)

  Deaths

• 17 June – Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
• 15 November - Frederick VII, king of Denmark