1776 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister â Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
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Front page of Indfødsretsforordningen
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First page of the act
- 15 January â The Danish Citizenship Act of 1776 reserves state offices for Danish, Norwegian and Holstein citizens.
- 22 November â Frederik Bargum's revived Danish West India Company is liquidated.
Undated
- HDMS Indfødsretten is launched at the Royal Danish Dockyard in Copenhagen.
- Roskildevej is constructed across Frederiksberg Hill as a direct continuation of Vesterbrogade, with the effect that it passes Valby by to the detriment of the inn and other businesses.
- The King's Club is founded in Copenhagen.
Births
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JanuaryâMarch
- 6 January â Jonas Collin, philanthropist (died 1861)
- 20 February â Niels Bang, landowner (died 1815)
- 29 May â Peter Erasmus Müller, bishop (died 1834)
JulyâSeptember
- 5 August â Urban Jürgensen, clockmaker (died 1830)
- 12 August â Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe, landowner and businesswoman (died 1843)
- 14 August â Prince Christian of Hesse, prince (died 1814)
- 27 August â Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Danish-German politician and banker (died 1831)
- 8 September â Heinrich Meldahl, architect and industrialist (died 1840)
OctoberâDecember
- 22 October â Johan Caspar Mylius, military officer and landowner (died 1852)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 26 February â Eggert Christopher Knuth, landowner, Supreme Court justice and county governor (died 1722)
AprilâJune
- 9 April â Severin Leopoldus Løvenskiold, landowner (born 1719 in Norway)
- 17 April â Ludvig Ferdinand Rømer, businessman (born 1714)
- 22 April â Johann Adolf Scheibe, composer (born 1708)
- 30 April â Jens Krag-Juel-Vind, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died 1724)
JulyâSeptember
- 4 June â Johann Gottfried Rosenberg architect (born 1709)
- 8 July â Peder Als, painter (born 1725)
- 15 September â Christian Horrebow, astronomer (born 1718)
OctoberâDecember
- 8 October â Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen, courtier (born 1705)
- 9 October â Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg, sailor and hustler (born in Norway)
- 23 Bivember â Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt, landowner and government official (born 1733)