1763 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick V[1]
- Prime minister â Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (until 29 January), Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Events
- 4â15 April â A British siege of Frederiksnagore results in a brief occupation of the Danish trading post in India.
- 16 April â HDMS Prindsesse Sophia Magdalenaø is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
Births
- 16 February â Julie Reventlow, countess, writer and salonist (died 1816)
- 4 March â Hans Christian Knudsen, actor (died 1816)
- 18 March â Marie Christine Björn, ballet dancer (died 1837)
- 17 August â Peter Schousboe, botanist (died 1832)
- 4 Septemberâ Caspar Conrad Rafn, county governor (died 1830)
Deaths
- 29 January â Johan Ludvig Holstein, statesman (born 1694)
- 4 March â Johan Hörner, painter (born 1711)
- 25 May â Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (born 1728)
- 1 December â Jacob Fosie, painter (born 1679)
- 3 December â Carl August Thielo, composer. theatre entrepreneur, music teacher, organist (born 1707)
