1744 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VI[1]
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
Undated
- Crown prince Frederick's renovation of the Prince's Mansion is completed.
- The new Hirschholm Palace is completed.
- Den danske Spectator is first published.
Births
- 21 February - Cathrine Marie Møller, artist (died 1811)
- 6 March - Otto Fabricius, missionary, naturalist, ethnographer and explorer (died 1822)
- 19 March – William Halling, landowner (died 1796)
- 29 April – Christian Ludvig von Holten, colonial administrator (died 1829)
- 29 May – Thøger From, businessman (died 1831)
- 27 October – Carl Adolph Raben, court official, county governor and landowner (died 1784)
- 19 November - Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice of Supreme Court (died 1802)
- Marie Barch, first native Danish ballerina (died 1827)
- Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson (died 1801)
Deaths
- 14 January – Henrich Suhm, naval officer and colonial administrator (born 1693)