1791 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister â Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
- 10 September â HDMS Lougen, a brig of 18 guns, is launched from the shipyard at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
Undated
- Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.
Culture
Art
- Jens Juel paints The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel
Juel:The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel
Births
- 9 March â Nicolai Jonathan Meinert, businessman (died 1877)
- 5 April â Christian Tuxen Falbe, naval officer and explorer (died 1849)
- 19 June â Henriette Jørgensen, actor (died 1847)
- 14 December â Johan LudvigHeiberg, poet (died 1860)
- 17 December â Birgitte Andersen, stage actor and ballet dancer (died 1875)
Deaths
- 2 July â Søren Abildgaard, naturalist, writer and illustrator (born 1718)
- 13 July â Ole Stephansen, naval officer (born 1714)
- 29 May â Jens Michelsen Beck, surveyor, cartographer, landowner and planter (born 1721)
- 25 November â Magnus Theiste, government official (born 1725)
