1808 in Denmark

Events from the year 1808 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian VII (until 13 March),{{cite web |title=Christian VII {{!}} Scandinavian king |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 August 2019 |language=en}} Frederick VI (starting 13 March){{cite web |title=Frederick VI {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 June 2019 |language=en}}
Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

2 March – Action of 2, a naval battle between the British 18-gun Brig-sloop {{HMS|Sappho|1806|6}}, and the Danish 28-gun Danish brig of war Admiral Yawl
20 March – In the Battle of Zealand Point, Prins Christian, the last Danish ship-of-the-line, is defeated by a British squadron off Sjællands Odde. Peter Willemoes are among the Danish casualties.
9 June – The Battle of Saltholm

3 January – Jørgen Roed, painter (died 1888)
25 September – Erling Eckersberg, engraver (died 1889)
6 October – Frederick VII, king of Denmark (died 1863){{cite web |title=Frederick VII {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 June 2019 |language=en}}

16 January – John Brown, merchant and ship-owner (born 1723)
7 February – Ove Høegh-Guldberg, statesman, historian, and de facto prime minister of Denmark (born 1731)
3 March – Johan Christian Fabricius, zoologist (born 1745)
24 March {{ndash}} Johan Friedrich Heinrich, colonial administrator (born 1730)
13 March – Christian VII, king of Denmark (born 1749)
22 March – Peter Willemoes, naval officer (born 1783)