1722 in Denmark
Events from the year 1722 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events
- 27 November – A consortium is granted royal permission to establish Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury in Copenhagen.[2]
Undated
- Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury opens in Copenhagen with a monopoly on production of fajance with blue decorations.[3]
- The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is opened.[4]
- Johan Pistorius is executed in Copenhagen and is the last person to be legally executed for witchcraft in Denmark.[5]
Births
- 2 September – Vigilius Eriksen, painter (died 1782)
Deaths
Undated
- Benoît Le Coffre, painter to the Danish Court (born 1671)
- Dorte Jensdatter, murdered on accusations of witchcraft (born 1672)
- Johan Pistorius, grenadier and alleged witch
References
- "Frederick IV: king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "Rasmus Æreboe". bunkenborg.com (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- "Store Kongensgade Fajancefabrik". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon
- Tyge Krogh, Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, Claus Bundgård Christensen, Cultural Histories of Crime in Denmark, 1500 to 2000
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