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1770 in Denmark

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1770 in Denmark

Decades:
  
1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s

Events from the year 1770 in Denmark.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Christian VII
  • Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (until 13 September), Johann Friedrich Struensee

    • Events

  • March 26 - It is reported that it is possible to walk across the ice from Helsingør to Scania.
  • May 2 - A Royal Danish Navy fleet bound for Algiers departs from Copenhagen to bomb the city in response to the recurrent pirate attacks in the Mediterranean Sea.

    • Births

  • March 2 - Johan Ernst Hartmann, organist and composer (died 1844)
  • September 29 - Jacob Holm, industrialist, ship owner and ship builder (died 1845)
  • November 19 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor (died 1844)

    • Deaths

  • May 27 – Queen Sophia Magdalene, queen of Denmark (born 1700)
  • September 23 – Utilia Lenkiewitz, actress (born 1711)

    • References

    1770 in Denmark Wikipedia
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