1798 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister â Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
- May
- 9 May â The County of Vrahesminde is established by Preben Bille-Brahe from the manors of af Hvedholm, Damsbo, StensgÃ¥rd and ÃstrupgÃ¥rd.
- June
- 20 June â The abolishment of the StavnsbÃ¥nd, a serfdom-like institution originally introduced in 1733. The implementation was gradual.
Undated
Births
- 4 June â Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (died 1870)
- 19 July â Christian August, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1869)
- 11 October â Thomas Overskou, actor, playwright and historian (died 1873)
- 13 October â Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (died 1868)
- 18 December â Emil Normann, painter (died 1881)
Deaths
- 7 September â Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (born 1728)
- 21 October â Thomas de Malleville, colonial administrator (born 1739)
- 1 Secember â Michael Gottlieb Birckner, priest and philosopher (born 1756)
- 11 November â Peter Uldall, Supreme Court attorney, Public Prosecutor General and burgermaster (born 1743)
- 20 December â Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (born 1742)
