1761 in Denmark

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Decades:	1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
See also:	Other events of 1761 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1761 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – Frederick V^[1]
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events[]

• 4 January – The Danish Arabia Expedition departs from Copenhagen.^[2]
• 13 January – The is instituted by law.^[3]

Undated[]

• Georg Christian Oeder begins the publication of Flora Danica
• Johan Jacob Bruun begins the publication of his

Births[]

• Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (died 1797)

Full date missing[]

• Edmund Bourke, diplomat (died 1821)

Deaths[]

• February 17 — Simon Carl Stanley, sculptor (born 1703)
• July 16 - Jacob Fortling, sculptor, architect and industrialist (born 1711)

References[]

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