1722 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events
- 27 November – A consortium is granted royal permission to establish Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury in Copenhagen.[2]
'Undated
- Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury opens in Copenhagen with a monopoly on production of faience with blue decorations.[3]
- The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is opened.[4]
- Johan Pistorius is executed on Nytorv in Copenhagen and is the last person to be legally executed for witchcraft in Denmark.[5]
- HDMS Dronning Anna Sophia is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
Births
- 11 June – Hans Christopher Hersleb, burgermaster of Copenhagen (died 1788))
- 2 September – Vigilius Eriksen, painter (died 1782)
- 20 October – Eggert Christopher Knuth, landowner, Supreme Court justice and county governor (died 1776)
Fill date missing
- Lars Dalager, businessman /died 1772)
Deaths
- 18 July – Gerhard Schøning, historian (born 1722 in Norway)
- 7 September – Carl von Ahlefeldt, statesman (born 1670)
- 22 November – Benoît Le Coffre, painter (born 1781)
- 22 December – Johan Bertram Ernst, chief of police in Copenhagen (born 173)
Undated
- Benoît Le Coffre, painter to the Danish Court (born 1671)
- Dorte Jensdatter, murdered on accusations of witchcraft (born 1672)
- Johan Pistorius, grenadier and alleged witch