1770 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister â Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (until 13 September), Johann Friedrich Struensee
Events
- March
- 26 March â It is reported that it is possible to walk across the ice from Helsingør to Scania.[2]
- May
- 2 May â A Royal Danish Navy fleet bound for Algiers departs from Copenhagen to bomb the city in response to the recurrent pirate attacks in the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
Undated
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 26 January â Lauritz Holmblad, businessman (died 1826)
- 2 March â Johan Ernst Hartmann, organist and composer (died 1844)
- 6 March â Jens Wilken Hornemann, botanist (died 1841)
JulyâSeptember
- 11 July â Hans Severin Holten, zoological writer and Geheimrat, (died 1805)
- 20 July â Hans Munk, physician (died 1848)
- 16 August â Westye Egeberg, businessman (died 1830 in Norway)
- 29 September â Jacob Holm, industrialist, ship owner and ship builder (died 1845)
OctoberâDecember
- 2 September â Christian Cornelius Lerche, landowner and county governor (died 1852)
- 18 September â Frederik Hoppe, landowner (died 1837)
- 7 November â Margaret Hartman Markoe Bache, editor (died 1838 in the United States)
- 8 November â Margaret Hartman Markoe Bache, Philadelphia-based printer and editor (died 1836 in the United States)
- 11 November â Christopher Schøller Bülow, landowner and county governor (died 1830 in Germany)
- 19 November â Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor (died 1844)
Deaths
- 27 May â Queen Sophia Magdalene, queen of Denmark (born 1700)
- 18 July â Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe, admiral, government minister and landowner (born 1703)
- 23 September â Utilia Lenkiewitz, actress (born 1711)
- 11 October â Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (born 1744 in Germany)
