1716 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor â Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events
- 8 March â The Battle of Høland.
- 8 July â Battle of Dynekilen, battle of the Great Northern War.
- 3 August â Martin Düssel and Christoffer Düssel are ennobled with letters patent under the name âvon Falkenskioldâ, founding the noble House of Falkenskiold.
Undated
- Peter the Great visits Copenhagen. He ascends the Round Tower on horseback while visiting Copenhagen. His wife, Catherine I, reportedly ascended behind him in a carriage.
- Johan Ludvig Holstein settles as a courtier and government official in Denmark.
Births
- 10 January â Christian Siegfried Scheel von Plessen, army officer, county governor and landowner (died 1755)
- 24 July â Bolle Willum Luxdorph, government official and landowner (died 1788)
Full date missing
- Peder Olsen Walløe, arctic explorer (died 1793)
- Johann Georg Ziesenis, painter (died 1776)
Deaths
- 8 August â Mikkel Knudsen Crone. colonial administrator (born unknown year)