1771 in Denmark

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{{Year in Denmark|1771}}

Events from the year 1771 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – 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 – Johann Friedrich Struensee

Events

  • January - Mathildeordenen is created.
  • 15 June {{ndash}} Hof- og Stadsretten is established by royal charter in an attempt to rationalize the chaotic Danish court system.

=Undated=

  • The Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen is founded.{{cite book|author1=Carsten Wulff|author2=Denmark. Udenrigsministeriet|title=Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cQVpAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs|isbn=978-87-87646-70-3}}
  • The company later known as H. H. Thiele is founded by Johan Rudolph Thiele.

Births

Deaths

  • 16 April – Christian Rantzau, Governor-general of Norway (born 1684)
  • 11 May {{ndash}} Herman Henrik Kønneman, businessman and politician (born 1692)
  • 28 May {{ndash}} Gerhard Morell. art dealer and keeper of Kunstkammeret (born c. 1710){{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Gerhard_Morell|title=Gerhard Morell|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}
  • 20 September {{ndash}} Johannes Valeur, judge and vice mayor of Copenhagen (born 17001)){{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Johannes_Valeur|title=Johannes Valeur|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=15 May 2025}}

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