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1711 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1711 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Frederick IV
  • Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

  • January An outbreak of plaque his Helsingør.
  • May 25 – Helsingør is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen. A total of 1,809, about one third of Helsingør's population, are killed by the disease in 1711. The efforts to keep the disease from spreading fail and a total of 40,000 people in Copenhagen and northern Zealand are killed by the disease during the outbreak. The blockade of Helsingør is not lifted until 25 July 1712.

Undated

  • The short-lived County of Friderichsholm is established by Frederick IV for his mistress Charlotte Helene von Schindel from the manors of Næsbyholm and Bavelse but dissolved again in 1716.

Births

  • 7 April – Daniel Ernst Bille, naval officer (died 1790)
  • November – Marcus Fredrik Bang, bishop (died 1789)

Date unknown

  • Frederik Barfred, wine merchant (died 1794)
  • Utilia Lenkiewitz, actress (died 1770)

Deaths

  • 17 May – Johann Gottfried Becker, pharmacist (born 1639)

Date unknown

  • Cille Gad, poet and culture personality (born 1675)

References

References

  1. "Frederick IV: king of Denmark and Norway".
  2. "1700-tallet: Introduktion". Øresundstid.
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