1731 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian VIChristian VI of DenmarkChristian VI was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746.He was the son of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He married Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and fathered Frederick V.-The reign and personality of Christian VI:To posterity Christian...
- Prime minister – Iver RosenkrantzIver RosenkrantzIver Eriksen Rosenkrantz was a Danish statesman and landowner.-Education and early career:...
Births
- June 2 – Dorothea BiehlDorothea BiehlCharlotta Dorothea Biehl was a Danish playwright and translator.Biehl was born daughter to an inspector and learned to read and write several languages form her grandfather, but after his death, her parents forbid her to read, and when her grandmother also died in 1746, she had to become a maid in...
, playwright, translator (d. 17881788 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Events:* September 24 – The brief Theater War when Denmark launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an allied of Denmark,who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in...
) - June 14 – Johan Theodor HolmskjoldJohan Theodor HolmskjoldJohan Theodor Holmskiold was a Danish botanist, courtier and administrator.-Early life and career:Johan Theodor was born 14 June 1731 in Nyborg on the Danish island of Funen as the oldest of eight children to Nicolai Holm and Cathrine Lucie née v. Lengerchen...
, botanist, civil servant (d. 17931793 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Deaths:* September 15 – Johan Theodor Holmskjold, botanist, civil servant -See also:...
) - July 1 – Johannes WiedeweltJohannes WiedeweltJohannes Wiedewelt , Danish neoclassical sculptor, was born in Copenhagen to royal sculptor to the Danish Court, Just Wiedewelt, and his wife Birgitte Lauridsdatter...
, sculptor (d. 18021902 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Johan Henrik Deuntzer-Events:* 16 January – The underground toilets at Amagertorv in Copenhagen opens....
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