1771 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1771}}
Events from the year 1771 in Denmark.
Incumbents
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.
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- 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
- 20 February {{ndash}} Jørgen Conradt, coppersmith (died 1851)
- 10 February {{ndash}} Lars Bache, ferryman and privateer (died 1809)
- 26 February {{ndash}} Cornelius Høyer, painter (died 1804)
- 24 May – Prince Frederik of Hesse, nobleman, general and governor (died 1845)
- 7 July – Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg (died 1843)
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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