1788 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...
Events
- September 24 – The brief Theater WarTheater WarThe Theater War , alias Cowberry War , was a brief war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, starting on 24 September 1788, formally lasting until 9 July 1789...
when Denmark launches an attack on Sweden at BohuslänBohuslän' is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the west, and the county of Østfold in Norway to the north...
as a diversion to support Russia, an allied of Denmark,who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in Gustav III's Russian War.
Births
- December 29 – Christian Jürgensen ThomsenChristian Jürgensen ThomsenChristian Jürgensen Thomsen was a Danish archaeologist.In 1816 he was appointed head of 'antiquarian' collections which later developed into the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. While organizing and classifying the antiquities for exhibition, he decided to present them chronologically...
, archaeologist and arts administrator (d. 18651865 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Christian Albrecht Bluhme , C. E. Frijs-Deaths:* April 7 – Carl Dahl, painter...
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