Monarch – Frederick V (until 14 January), Christian VII
Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Events
14 January – Crown Prince Christian becomes King Christian VII of Denmark.
Wedding of Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena
20 October - Christian Tychsen is appointed as governor of the Danish Gold Coast as the first on a regular basis.
8 November
The wedding of King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain takes place at Christiansborg Palace accompanied by extensive celebrations throughout the city.
The event is in the same time the inauguration of the Great Hall of the still not completed royal palace..
Undated
Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke demands a pension from the Danish royal house with the claim that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Christian VI.
Deaths
January 14 – Frederick V, Danish king (born 1723)
* 7 May – Just Fabritius, businessman (norn 1703)
September 17 – Philip de Lange, architect (norn c. 1705)
