1764 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick V[1]
- Prime minister â Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Events
- 12 April â HDMS Prindsesse Wilhelmine Carolina is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
Undated
Births


JanuaryâMarch
- 15 February â Jens Immanuel Baggesen, poet 1826)
- 17 February â Frantz Hohlenberg, naval officer (died 1804)
- 20 February â {Gebhard Moltke, civil servant (died 1854)
AprilâJune
- 14 April â Poul Christian Stemann, government official and landowner (died 1855)
- 20 April â Rasmus Langeland Bagger, chief of police, burgermaster (died 1819)
JulyâSeptember
- 27 July â Christiane Koren, poet and diarist (died 1815 in Norway)
- 10 July
- Carl Wilhelm Jessen, naval officer (died 1823)
- Johan Daniel Herholdt, physician (died 1836)
- 26 July â Frederik Adeler, lord president of Copenhagen (died 1816)
- 22 August â Mathias Sommerhielm, politician (died 1827)
Deaths


JanuaryâMarch
- 15 January â Wilhelm August von der Osten, civil servant (born 1697)
- 2 February â Erik Torm, burgermaster and chief of police in Copenhagen (born 1684)
AprilâJune
- 15 April â Peder Horrebow, astronomer (born 1679)
- 3 June - Hans Adolph Brorson, bishop and hymn writer (born 1694)
- 5 June â Jens Schielderup Sneedorff, author, professor of political science and royal teacher (born 1724)
JulyâSeptember
- 23 August â Johanna Marie Fosie, first professional female Danish painter (born 1726)
OctoberâDecember
- 20 December â Erik Pontoppidan, author, bishop, historian and antiquary (born 1698)
