1777 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1777 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1777 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – Christian VII^[1]
• Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events[]

• 23 July – The brothers Jørgen Wichmand and Thomas Frederik Wichmand were ennobled by letters patent under the name Wichfeld.
• 2 September – HDNS Justitia is launched at Orlogsværftet on Nyholm in Copenhagen.

Undated[]

• The pioneer acting academy Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded.
• Danish India i turned over to the government by the and becomes a Danish crown colony.

Births[]

• 9 May – Johannes Søbøtker, merchant, plantation owner and governor (died 1854)
• 14 August - Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism (died 1851)
• 16 October - Johan Ludwig Lund, painter (d, 1867)
• 27 October – Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt, businessman (died 1856)
• 18 November – Thomas Blom, master mason and architect (died 1841)
• 23 December – Johan Christian Drewsen, businessman and agronomist (died 1953)

Deaths[]

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