1791 in Denmark

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{{Year in Denmark|1791}}

Events from the year 1791 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 – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

10 September – {{HDMS|Lougen|1791|6}}, a brig of 18 guns, is launched from the shipyard at Nyholm in Copenhagen.

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Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.

Culture

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Jens Juel paints The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel

File:Jens Juel 003.jpg|Juel:The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel

Births

9 March {{ndash}} Nicolai Jonathan Meinert, businessman (died 1877)
5 April – Christian Tuxen Falbe, naval officer and explorer (died 1849)
19 June – Henriette Jørgensen, actor (died 1847)
17 December – Birgitte Andersen, stage actor and ballet dancer (died 1875)

Deaths

2 July – Søren Abildgaard, naturalist, writer and illustrator (born 1718)
25 November – Magnus Theiste, government official (born 1725)

References

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Category:1790s in Denmark

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