Events from the year 1759 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
edit- Monarch – Frederick V[1]
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
editUndated
- Construction of Christian's Church, Copenhagen is completed.
- The settlement of Aasiaat is founded as Egedesminde in Greenland.
- The village of Havredal is founded.
Births
edit- 15 January – Jørgen Mandix, judge (died 1835)[2]
- 14 July – Frederik Gottschalk von Haxthausen, Danish military officer and Norway's first minister of finance (died 1825)
- 19 July – Christopher Friedenreich Hage, merchant (died 1849)
- 5 April – Erik Viborg, veterinarian and botanist (died 1822)
- 11 December – Johan David Vogel, businessman and brewer (died 1728)
Deaths
edit- 4 April – Christoffer Foltmar, painter and organist (born 1718)
- 9 May – Johan Friederich Wewer, merchant (born 1699)
- 5 September – Lauritz de Thurah, architect (born 1706)
- 6 October – Johann Gottfried Burman Becker, pharmacist, writer and illustrator (died 1860)
- 29 October – Anne Dorthe Lund, actress (date of birth unknown)
References
edit- ^ "Frederick V: king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ Nielsen, Yngvar (1897). "Mandix, Jørgen". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk Lexikon (in Danish). Vol. XI. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. p. 89. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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