1742 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VI[1]
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
- 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram.[2]
Births
January–March
- 5 February – Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (died 1819)
- 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)
April–June
- 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)
- 14 June – Jens Bruun de Neergaard, judge and landowner (died 1788)
July–September
- 5 July – Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (died 1787)
- 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)
- 19 August – Andreas Collstrop, timber merchant and one of Copenhagen's 32 Men (died 1820)
October–December
- 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1788)
Deaths
- 26 February – Knud Nielsen Benstrup, (born 1692)
- 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)
- 31 December – Christian Hans von Warnstedt, county governor (born 1675)
References
- ↑ "Christian VI | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "Dantes Plads: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab" (in Danish). University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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