1740 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VI[1]
- Prime minister â Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
- The watchmaking company Jules Jurgensen is established.
Births
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- 12 October â Thomas Bugge, astronomer and surveyor (died 1815)
- 21 November â Charlotte Baden, writer (died 1824)
Undated
- Carl Adolph Castenschiold, landowner and chamberlain, born in the Danish West Indies (died 1820)
- Hedevig Johanne Bagger, businesswoman (died 1822)
- Jürgen Jurgensen's clockmaking company is founded.
Deaths
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- 19 January â Hans Seidelin, civil servant and landowner (born 1665)
- 27 February â Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn, Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy (born 1686)
- 19 July â Christian Christophersen Sehested, nobleman (born 1666)
Undated
- Poul Christian Schindler, composer (born c. 1648)