Incumbents

• Monarch – 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 – Ove Høegh-Guldberg
  Ove Høegh-Guldberg
  Ove Høegh-Guldberg was a Danish statesman, historian and de facto prime minister of Denmark, 1772–1784.-Biography:...
  
  

Births

• August 14 – Hans Christian Ørsted
  Hans Christian Ørsted
  Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of electromagnetism...
  
  , physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism
  Electromagnetism
  Electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental interactions in nature. The other three are the strong interaction, the weak interaction and gravitation...
  
   (d. 1851
  1851 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Adam Wilhelm Moltke-Deaths:* March 9 – Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism...
  
  )
• October 16 – Johan Ludwig Lund, painter (d, 1867
  1867 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – C. E. Frijs-Births:* June 11 – Marie Krøyer, painter * December 27 – Johannes Larsen, painter...
  
  )

See also