1711 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor â Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events
- January â An outbreak of plaque his Helsingør.
- May 25 â Helsingør is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen. A total of 1,809, about one third of Helsingør's population, are killed by the disease in 1711. The efforts to keep the disease from spreading fail and a total of 40,000 people in Copenhagen and northern Zealand are killed by the disease during the outbreak. The blockade of Helsingør is not lifted until 25 July 1712.[2]
Undated
- The short-lived County of Friderichsholm is established by Frederick IV for his mistress Charlotte Helene von Schindel from the manors of Næsbyholm and Bavelse but dissolved again in 1716.
Births
- 7 April â Daniel Ernst Bille, naval officer (died 1790)
- 14 August â Marcus Fredrik Bang, bishop (died 1759 in Norway)
Date unknown
- Frederik Barfred, wine merchant (died 1794)
- Utilia Lenkiewitz, actress (died 1770)
Deaths
- 17 May â Johann Gottfried Becker, pharmacist (born 1639)