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:...
  
    (until 14 January), HM Christian VII
  Christian VII of Denmark
  Christian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was the son of Danish King Frederick V and his first consort Louisa, daughter of King George II of Great Britain....
  
  
• Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
  Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
  Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff , Danish statesman, who came of a very ancient Mecklenburg family, was the son of Joachim Engelke von Bernstorff, Chamberlain to the elector of Hanover.-Early political career:...
  
  

Events

• January 14 – Crown Prince Christian becomes King Christian VII of Denmark
  Christian VII of Denmark
  Christian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was the son of Danish King Frederick V and his first consort Louisa, daughter of King George II of Great Britain....
  
  .
• November 8
  • The wedding of King Christian VII
    Christian VII of Denmark
    Christian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was the son of Danish King Frederick V and his first consort Louisa, daughter of King George II of Great Britain....
    
     and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain takes place at Christiansborg Palace
    Christiansborg Palace (1st)
    The first Christiansborg Palace was built in Copenhagen by Christian VI of Denmark as a new main residence for the Danish monarch to replace the antiquated Copenhagen Castle which had assumed a monstrous appearance and started to crumble after several extensions...
    
     accompanied by extensive celebrations thorughout 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
  Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke
  Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke was a Danish con-artist who in 1766 demanded a pension from the Danish royal house with the claim that she was the illegitimate daughter of king Christian VI of Denmark and the king's sister-in-law, the Dowager princess of Ostefriesland, Sophie Caroline of...
  
   demands a pension from the Danish royal house with the claim that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Christian VI
  Christian VI of Denmark
  Christian 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...
  
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Deaths

• January 14 – 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:...
  
  , Danish king (b. 1723
  1723 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick IV* Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein-Births:* March 31 – Frederick V, Danish king -See also:...
  
  )
• September 17 – Philip de Lange
  Philip de Lange
  Philip de Lange was a leading Dutch-Danish architect who designed many different types of building in various styles including Dutch Baroque and Rococo.-Early life and family:...
  
  , architect (b. circa 1705
  1705 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick IV* Grand Chancellor – Conrad von Reventlow-See also:...
  
  )

See also