1797 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (until 21 June),[2] Christian Günther von Bernstorff[3]
Events
- March
- 1 March – Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution.[4]
- May
- 16 May – HDMS Najaden in battle with local ships off Tripoli.
- 21 June – Prime Minister Andreas Peter Bernstorff dies, and is replaced by his son, Christian Günther von Bernstorff.[3]
- July
- 5 July – Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow, is appointed to Minister of the State.
Culture
Art
- Jens Juel paints Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe.
Juel's Ruberg family portrait.
Births
- 1 May – Ernst Meyer, politician (died 1751)
- 22 May – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died 1862)[5]
- 20 June – Georg Frederik Ursin, mathematician and astronomer (died 1849)
- 29 July – Sophus August Wilhelm Stein, pyusician (died 1868)
- 7 October – Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (died 1861)
- 20 August – Johan Frederik Møller, painter and photographer (died 1871)
- 25 August – Henrik Hertz, poet during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870)[6]
Deaths
- 2 January – Adolph Sigfried von der Osten, diplomat (born 1726)
- 5 April – Georg Mathias Fuchs, painter (born 1719)
- 28 May – Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (born 1761)
- 20 June – Henrik Fisker, naval officer (born 1720)
- 21 June – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, politician (born 1735)[2]
- 15 July – Johan Cornelius Krieger, naval officer (born 1725)[7]
- 29 August – Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (born 1768)
- 5 December – Steen Andersen Bille, naval officer (died 1883)
- 19 December – Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (born 1729)
