1777 in Denmark

Events from the year 1777 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 – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

23 July – The brothers Jørgen Wichmand and Thomas Frederik Wichmand were ennobled by letters patent under the name Wichfeld.
2 September {{ndash}} HD;S Justitia is launched at Orlogsværftet on Nyholm in Copenhagen.

The pioneer acting academy Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded.
Danish India is turned over to the government by the Danish Asiatic Company and becomes a Danish-Norwegian crown colony.
Peter Johansen establishes the shipyard Petersværft on his new Petersgaard estate.{{cite web|url=http://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/manorholder/p/petersgaard/ejerhistorie.aspx|title=Petersgaard - ejerhistorie|language=Danish|website=danskeherregaarde.dk|accessdate=28 August 2017}}

21 February {{ndash}} Christian Wulff, naval officer (died 1843)
9 May – Johannes Søbøtker, merchant, plantation owner and governor (died 1854)
14 August - Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism (died 1851)
15 October {{ndash}} Christian David Gebauer, painter (died 1831)
16 October - Johan Ludwig Lund, painter (died 1867)
27 October – Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt, businessman (died 1856)
18 November {{ndash}} Thomas Blom, master mason and architect (died 1841)
23 December – Johan Christian Drewsen, businessman and agronomist (died 1851)