1788 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1788 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Christian VII[1]
  • Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events[]

  • September 24 – The Theater War begins, when Denmark-Norway launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an ally of Denmark-Norway, who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in Gustav III's Russian War.

Undated[]

  • Eriksholm Manor is completed to designs by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff.[2]

Births[]

  • February 18 - Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, princess of Denmark (died 1850)
  • September 28 - Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, architect (died 1864)
  • December 29 – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist and arts administrator (died 1865)
  • undated - Anna Salmberg, educator (died )

Deaths[]

  • 17 May – Dorothea Biehl, playwright, translator (born 1731)

References[]

  1. ^ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Eriksholm Gods" (in Danish). Skeel & Kannegaard Genealogy. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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