1742 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VI[1]
- Prime minister â Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
- 13 Novemberâ The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram.[2]
Undated
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 5 February â Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (died 1819)
- 16 February â Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)
AprilâJune
- 12 April â Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)
- 14 June â Jens Bruun de Neergaard, judge and landowner (died 1788)
JulyâSeptember
- 5 July â Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (died 1787)
- 9 August â Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)
- 19 August â Andreas Collstrop, timber merchant and one of Copenhagen's 32 Men (died 1820)
OctoberâDecember
- 7 October â Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1788)
Deaths
- 26 February â Knud Nielsen Benstrup, (born 1692)
- 22 September â Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)
- 31 December â Christian Hans von Warnstedt, county governor (born 1675)
