1742 in Denmark

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See also:Other events of 1742
List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Christian VI[1]
  • Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events[]

  • 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram.[2]

Undated[]

Births[]

  • 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)
  • 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)
  • 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)
  • 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1798)
  • 18 November – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (died 1781)

Deaths[]

  • 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)

References[]

  1. ^ "Christian VI | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Dantes Plads: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab" (in Danish). University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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