1797 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=10 May 2018|language=en}}
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (until 21 June),{{cite web|title=Andreas Peter, Greve (count) von Bernstorff - Danish foreign minister|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andreas-Peter-Greve-von-Bernstorff|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=10 May 2018|language=en}} Christian Günther von Bernstorff{{cite web|title=Christian Günther, count von Bernstorff - Danish diplomat|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-Gunther-Graf-von-Bernstorff|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=10 May 2018|language=en}}
Events
File:Fregatten Najaden i kamp med seks tripolitanske skibe.jpg
- 1 March {{ndash}} Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution.{{cite web|url=https://jura.ku.dk/jurabog/pdf/juridiske-monografier/andersen_kreditkassen_for_husejerne_i_kjoebenhavn_1947.pdf|title=Creating Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn|language=Danish|author=Andersen, Ernst|website=ku.dk|access-date=12 May 2023}}
- 16 May {{ndash}} HDMS Najaden in battle with local ships off Tripoli.
- 21 June – Prime Minister Andreas Peter Bernstorff dies, and is replaced by his son, Christian Günther von Bernstorff.
- 5 July – Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow, is appointed to Minister of the State.
Culture
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- Jens Juel paints Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe.
File:Jens Juel - Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe - Google Art Project.jpg|Juel's Ruberg family portrait.
Births
- 22 May – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died 1862){{cite book |last1=Stewart |first1=Jon Bartley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8gMCABQM98C&pg=PA289 |title=Kierkegaard and the Renaissance and Modern Traditions: Literature, drama, and music |date=2009 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=9780754668206 |page=289 |language=en}}
- 20 June – Georg Frederik Ursin, mathematician and astronomer (died 1849)
- 7 October – Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (died 1861)
- 20 August – Johan Frederik Møller, painter and photographer (died 1871)
- 25 August – Henrik Hertz, poet during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870){{cite web|title=Korssömsmönster|url=https://digitaltmuseum.se/011023823578/korssomsmonster|website=digitaltmuseum.se|access-date=10 May 2018|language=en}}
Deaths
- 5 April {{ndash}} Georg Mathias Fuchs, painter (born 1719)
- 28 May – Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (born 1761)
- 21 June – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, politician (born 1735)
- 20 August – Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (born 1768)
- 19 December – Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (born 1729)
References
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