1761 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1761 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick V[1]
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
- 4 January – The Danish Arabia Expedition departs from Copenhagen.[2]
- 13 January – The Fire Insurance for All Danish Market Towns is instituted by law.[3]
Undated
- Georg Christian Oeder begins the publication of Flora Danica
- Johan Jacob Bruun begins the publication of his Novus Atlas Daniæ
Births
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- 22 January – Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, diplomat and music historian (died 1826)
- 27 June – Jens Bloch, theologian and bishop (died 1830)
- 15 October – Peter Grønland, composer (died 1825)
- 2 November – Edmund Burke, diplomat (died 1821 in France)
- 20 November – Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth, landowner (died 1815)
Full date missing
- Edmund Bourke, diplomat (died 1821)
- Lars Lassen, landowner (died 1823)
- Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (died 1797)
Deaths
- February 17 — Simon Carl Stanley, sculptor (born 1703)
- July 16 - Jacob Fortling, sculptor, architect and industrialist (born 1711)
- Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
- 7 December – Olfert Fas Fischer, naval offborn (died 1700)
References
- ↑ "Frederick V | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ↑ "The Arabian Journey 1761-1767". Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ "danmarkshistorien.dk". ortaelling.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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