1778 in Denmark
Events from the year 1778 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
- 4 September – Conrad Alexander Fabritius (1731–1805) and Michael Fabritius (1739–1815), as well as all legitimate children of their then-deceased father Michael Fabritius (1697-1746), are ennobled by letters patent under the name Fabritius de Tengnagel.[2]
Culture
Theatre
- Johannes Ewald's opera The Death of Valder (written 1663) is performed for the first time.
Births
- 1 March – Peter Christian Uldahl, piano maer (died 1820)
- 20 April – Bendix Frantz Ludwig Schow, mayor (died 1839)
- 21 December – Anders Sandøe Ørsted, jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1860)
Deaths
- 5 March – Hans Diderik Brinck-Seidelin, Supreme Court justice and landowner (born 1720)
- 8 March – Jean Henri Desmercières, businessman (born 1687)
- Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen, court official (born 1705)
References
- "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Conrad Fabritius de Tengnagel". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
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