1742 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbi.ku.dk/hhh/historiske_steder/fysikvidenskaben/the_royal_danish_academy_dantes_plads/|title=Dantes Plads: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab |language=da|publisher=University of Copenhagen|access-date=2013-07-19}}
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Births
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- 5 February {{ndash}} Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (died 1819)
- 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)
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- 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)
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- 5 July {{ndash}} Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (died 1787)
- 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1788)
- 9 October {{ndash}} Louise Nimb, restaurateur (died 1903)
Deaths
- 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)
- 31 December {{ndash}} Christian Hans von Warnstedt, county governor (born 1785)
References
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