1728 in Denmark
Incumbents
Events
Image:Map of Copenhagen by J.F. Arnoldt, January 1728.jpg showing the city as it appeared immediately before the Great Fire of 1728 ]]
- 14 July – Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name.
- 20 October – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out.
- 23 October – The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless.
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- The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed. [http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1451/origin/170/ Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon]
- A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum
Births
- 26 June – Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (died 1763)
- 21 June {{ndash}} Mathias Lunding, mayor of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Asiatic Company (died 1788)
- 29 July {{ndash}} Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (died 1794)
- 18 October – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (died 1798)
- 7 November {{ndash}} Christian Hansen, bisonessman (died 1810)
Deaths
- 24 September – Frederik Krag, noble, civil servant (born 1655)
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