1779 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1779}}
Events from the year 1779 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
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Culture
=Music=
- Johann Hartmann's music for Johannes Ewald's opera The Death of Vader (premiered 1778) is used for the first time.
Births
- 7 March {{mdash}} Conrad Christian Bøhndel, painter and lithographer (died 1847)
- 3 August {{ndash}} Peter Atke Castberg, physician (died 1823)
- 4 April {{ndash}} Julius Høegh-Guldberg, officer and politician (died 1861)
- 25 August {{ndash}} Andreas Schifter (died 1852)
- 14 November – Adam Oehlenschläger, poet (died 1850)
Deaths
- 30 September {{ndash}} Johan Christian Conradi, German-Danish master builder and architect (born 1709)
- 15 October {{ndash}} Frederik de Løvenørn, county governor (born 1715)
References
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