1787 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian VIIChristian VII of DenmarkChristian 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 – Andreas Peter BernstorffAndreas Peter BernstorffAndreas Peter Bernstorff was a Danish statesman and politician. He was a Danish minister, father of Christian Günther von Bernstorff, and a guardian of civil and political liberty.-Background and early career:A. P...
Births
- September 4 – Jørgen Hansen KochJørgen Hansen KochJørgen Hansen Koch was a Neoclassical Danish architect. He was the leader of the national Danish building administration from 1835 and director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1844 to 1849.-Biography:...
, architect (d. 18601860 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Carl Edvard Rotwitt , Carl Christian Hall -Births:* December 15 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Nobel Prize-winning physician -Deaths:...
) - November 22 – Rasmus RaskRasmus Christian RaskRasmus Rask was a Danish scholar and philologist.-Biography:...
, scholar and philologist (d. 18321832 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Deaths:* March 12 – Friedrich Kuhlau, composer * November 14 Wilhelm Bendz, painter...
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