Incumbents

• Monarch – HM Frederick 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...
  
  
• Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke
  Joachim Godske Moltke
  Joachim Godske Moltke was Prime Minister of Denmark. He was also father of Prime Minister Adam Wilhelm Moltke and the son of Danish diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke....
  
  

Births

• February 22 – Niels Gade, composer (died 1890
  1890 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup-Births:* June 12 – Karl Jørgensen, actor * November 1 – Henry Nielsen, actor -Deaths:...
  
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• April 4 – P. C. Skovgaard
  P. C. Skovgaard
  Peter Christian Thamsen Skovgaard , , Danish national romantic landscape painter, was born near Ringsted to farmer Tham Masmann Skovgaard and his wife Cathrine Elisabeth. He is one of the main figures associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting...
  
  , painter (died 1875
  1875 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Christen Andreas Fonnesbech , J. B. S. Estrup-Births:* March 1 – Herman Vedel, painter * September 27 – Heinrich Dohm, painter -Deaths:...
  
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Deaths

• April 6 – Joachim Melchior Holten Castenschiold
  Joachim Melchior Holten Castenschiold
  General Joachim Melchior Holten von Castenschiold was a Danish officer before and during the Napoleonic Wars. Acquiring Borreby Castle in 1783, he was the first Castenschiold to own the manor which has been held by the family ever since.-Biography:He was son of Johan Lorentz von Castenschiold of...
  
  , military officer (b. 1743
  1743 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VI* Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg-Births:* September 11 – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, painter * October 2 or 14 – Erik Pauelsen, painter...
  
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