1792 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
- May
- 16 May
- Denmark declares transatlantic slave trade illegal after 1803 (though slavery continues until 1848)[2]
- The Medal of Merit is established.
- December
- 1 December – HDMS Nidelven is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
- 7 December – HDMS Skjold is launched in Copenhagen.
Date unknown
- N. Schiøtt & Hochbrandt is founded.
Births
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- 14 January – Christian de Meza, Commander (died 1865)
- 19 February – Lucie Ingemannm painter (died 1868)
- 2 April – Johannes Theodorus Suhr, merchant and industrialist (died 1858)
- 12 June – William Frederik Duntzfelt, businessman (died 1863)
- 26 June – Christian Albrecht Jensen, portrait painter during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870)
- 7 July – Hans Hedemann, military officer /died 1959 in Norway)
- 6 August – Frederikke Dannemand, royal mistress (died 1862)
- 12 August – Hans Harder, painter and drawing master (died 1873)
- 20 September – Ida Brunm socialite (died 1857)
- 29 September – Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach, theologian (died 1862)
- 22 November – Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (died 1863)
Deaths
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- 22 April – Alexander Walker Ross, military officer (born 1710)
- 24 March – Johan Frederik Classen, Danish-Norwegian industrialist and philanthropist (born 1725)[3]
- 18 July – Christine Sophie von Gähler, courtier (born 1745)
- 25 September – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Lord Chamberlain to Frederick V (born 1710)[4]
- 29 October – Cathrine Marie Gielstrup, stage actress (born 1755)
Full date missing
- Peter Thorstensen, physician and chemist (born 1862)