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1716 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1716 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederick IV
Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

8 March The Battle of Høland.

8 July – Battle of Dynekilen, battle of the Great Northern War.
3 August – Martin Düssel and Christoffer Düssel are ennobled with letters patent under the name “von Falkenskiold”, founding the noble House of Falkenskiold.

Undated

Peter the Great visits Copenhagen. He ascends the Round Tower on horseback while visiting Copenhagen. His wife, Catherine I, reportedly ascended behind him in a carriage.
Johan Ludvig Holstein settles as a courtier and government official in Denmark.

Births

24 July Bolle Willum Luxdorph, government official and landowner (died 1788)

Full date missing

Peder Olsen Walløe, arctic explorer (died 1793)
Johann Georg Ziesenis, painter (died 1776)

Deaths

8 August Mikkel Knudsen Crone. colonial administrator (born unknown year)

References

"Frederick IV {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway".

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