1702 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor – Conrad von Reventlow
Events
- 21 February – Vornedskab is abolished on Zealand and Lolland-Falster (already abolished on Møn in 1696).
- 18 July – Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp succeeds his father as Duke of Schleswig.
Undated
- Moltke Mansion established
- Vornedskab abolished
Births
- 4 February – Friedrich Carl von Gram, lord chamberlain and county governor (died 1782)
- 10 May – Abraham Lehn, landowner (died 1757)
- 1 August – Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, Danish nobleman (died 1728)
Deaths
- 5 January – Peder Luxdorph, judge and landowner (born 1648)
- 17 February – Peder Syv, philologist, folklorist and priest (born 1631)
- 24 April – Frederik Vind, landowner and diocesan governor (born 1662)