1766 in Denmark
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick V (until 14 January),{{cite web |title=Frederick V {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-V-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 November 2019 |language=en}} Christian VII{{cite web |title=Christian VII {{!}} Scandinavian king |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 September 2019 |language=en}}
- Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Events
- 14 January – Crown Prince Christian becomes King Christian VII of Denmark.
- 9 September {{ndash}} when Christian VII sells most of the royal holdings on the island of Falster (divided into 10 estates) by auction to make payments on Denmark's sovereign debt
- Kongens Stubbekøbingjorder (Carlsfelt) is sold to Jørgen Schiønning on behalf of Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel.
- Corselitze is sold to Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel-,
- Egensegård (later Valnæsgård is sold to Hans Bergeshagen,
- Gjedsergaard is sold to Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt-
- Hvededahl
- Orupgaard is sold to Christian Hincheldey.
- Skiørringgaard
- Slangerup
- Klodskov (Estate No. 7, later Vennerslund) is sold to Peter Thestrup for 59724 rigsdale.
- Vesterborg
- Skørringe os sold to Ole Jensen Stampe.
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- 20 October - Christian Tychsen is appointed as governor of the Danish Gold Coast as the first on a regular basis.Ole Jutesen,ed. Danish Sources for the History of Ghana. Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005
- 4 November Wedding of Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena
- 8 November
- The wedding of King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain takes place at Christiansborg Palace accompanied by extensive celebrations throughout the city.
- The event is in the same time the inauguration of the Great Hall of the still not completed royal palace..
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- Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke demands a pension from the Danish royal house with the claim that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Christian VI.
Culture
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- 14 November {{ndash}} Henrik Ibsen's The Pillars of Society premieres at Odense Theatre.
Deaths
- 14 January – Frederick V, Danish king (born 1723)
- 7 May – Just Fabritius, businessman (born 1703)
- 17 September – Philip de Lange, architect (born c. 1705)
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