Incumbents

• Monarch – HM Frederick V
  Frederick V of Denmark
  Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-Early life:...
  
  
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Births

• August 4 – Olfert Fischer
  Olfert Fischer
  Johan Olfert Fischer was a Danish officer in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He commanded the Dano-Norwegian fleet against British forces under Lord Nelson during the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801.-Life and career:...
  
  , vice admiral (d. 1829
  1829 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Events:* June 7 – C. F. Hansen's new Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen inaugurated after the previous building was destroyed in the British Bombardement of Copenhagen in 1807....
  
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• December 4 — Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann
  Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann
  Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann was a German-Danish politician, businessman and patron of the arts. His father was Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann.-Early life and career:Ernst von Schimmelmann was born in Dresden...
  
  , politician, businessman and patron (d. 1831
  1831 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Deaths:* February 9 – Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician, businessman and patron of the arts...
  
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