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Events from the year 1776 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
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Front page of Indfødsretsforordningen
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First page of the act
- 15 January – The Danish Citizenship Act of 1776 reserves state offices for Danish, Norwegian and Holstein citizens.
- 22 November – Frederik Bargum's revived Danish West India Company is liquidated.
Undated
- HDMS Indfødsretten is launched at the Royal Danish Dockyard in Copenhagen.
- Roskildevej is constructed across Frederiksberg Hill as a direct continuation of Vesterbrogade, with the effect that it passes Valby by to the detriment of the inn and other businesses.
- The King's Club is founded in Copenhagen.
Births
- 6 January – Jonas Collin, philanthropist (died 1861)
- 20 February – Niels Bang, landowner (died 1815)
- 29 May – Peter Erasmus Müller, bishop (died 1834)
- 5 August – Urban Jürgensen, clockmaker (died 1830)
- 12 August – Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, landowner and businesswoman (died 1843)
- 14 August – Prince Christian of Hesse, prince (died 1814)
- 27 August – Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Danish-German politician and banker (died 1831)
- 8 September – Heinrich Meldahl, architect and industrialist (died 1840)
- 22 October – Johan Caspar Mylius, military officer and landowner (died 1852)
Deaths
- 26 February – Eggert Christopher Knuth, landowner, Supreme Court justice and county governor (died 1776)
- 9 April – Severin Leopoldus Løvenskiold, landowner (born 1719 in Norway)
- 17 April – Ludvig Ferdinand Rømer, businessman (born 1714)
- 22 April – Johann Adolf Scheibe, composer (born 1708)
- 30 April – Jens Krag-Juel-Vind, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died 1724)
- 4 June – Johann Gottfried Rosenberg architect (born 1709)
- 8 July – Peder Als, painter (born 1725)
- 15 September – Christian Horrebow, astronomer (born 1718)
- 8 October – Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsenm courtier (born 1705)
Publications
References
- ↑ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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