1717 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor â Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events
- 13â14 May â Battle of Gothenburg, battle of the Great Northern War.
- 25 December â The Christmas Flood of 1717 affects the west coast of Sønderjylland.
Undated
- Planters move from Saint Thomas to Saint John. leading to Denmark claiming the island in 1718.
Births
- 11 March â Schack Carl Rantzau, statesman (died 1789 in France)
- 2 January â Villum Berregaard, government official and Supreme Court justice (died 1769)
- 27 October â Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm, jurist and government official (died 1781)
Deaths
- 13 April â Frederik Giedde, naval officer (born 1641)
- 1 July â Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (born 1647)
- 21 December â Gustav Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg, general (born 1641)
