1720 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor â Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events
- 8 April â The County of Gyldensteen on Funen is established by Jean Henri Huguetan Gyldensteen from the manors of Gyldensteen, SandagergÃ¥rd, OregÃ¥rd, Hugget, HarritslevgÃ¥rd, UggerslevgÃ¥rd and Jerstrup.
- 3 July â The Treaty of Frederiksborg is signed at Frederiksborg Castle, ending the Great Northern War.
Births
- 4 January â Henrik Fisker (died 1797)
- 1 August â Hans Diderik Brinck-Seidelin, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died 1778)
Undated
- Johannes Rach, painter (died 1783 in the Dutch East Indies)
- Else Hansen, royal mistress (died 1784)
Deaths
- 20 January â Axel Juel, governor of Danish India (born 1655)
- 5 July â Berte Skeel, noblewoman (born 1644)
