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 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
  Christian Günther von Bernstorff
  Count Christian Gunther von Bernstorff was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat, son of Count Andreas Peter von Bernstorff.-Biography:...
  
  

Events

• March 3 – Battle of West Kay: The Danish brig HDMS Lougen
  HDMS Lougen (1791)
  The first Lougen was a brig of 18 guns, launched in 1791. She was active protecting Danish merchant shipping and suppressing pirates in the Mediterranean and in the Caribbean...
  
   is attacked by two British vessels at West Kay in the Danish West Indies
  Danish West Indies
  The Danish West Indies or "Danish Antilles", were a colony of Denmark-Norway and later Denmark in the Caribbean. They were sold to the United States in 1916 in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and became the United States Virgin Islands in 1917...
  
  
• April 2 – The Battle of Copenhagen
• April 9 – A meeting between Crown Prince Frederik (VI)
  Frederick VI of Denmark
  Frederick VI reigned as King of Denmark , and as king of Norway .-Regent of Denmark:Frederick's parents were King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Wales...
  
   and Vice Admiral Lord Nelson
  Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
  Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of...
  
   at Amalienborg Palace
  Amalienborg Palace
  Amalienborg Palace is the winter home of the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of four identical classicizing palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard ; in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's...
  
   results in a ceasefire. Denmark has to leave the neutrality pact.
• July 6 – The first vaccination against smallpox
  Smallpox
  Smallpox was an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning "spotted", or varus, meaning "pimple"...
  
   in Denmark is made, using the method invented by Edward Jenner
  Edward Jenner
  Edward Anthony Jenner was an English scientist who studied his natural surroundings in Berkeley, Gloucestershire...
  
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Undated

• Exercise is for the first time introduced in the curriculum of a State school in Denmark.

Births

• June 14 – Peter Wilhelm Lund
  Peter Wilhelm Lund
  Peter Wilhelm Lund was a Danish paleontologist, zoologist, archeologist and who spent most of his life working and living in Brazil...
  
  , natural scientist (died 1880)
• June 24 – Jørgen Valentin Sonne, painter (died 1890)