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1772 in Denmark

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1772 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1772 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Christian VII
  • Prime minister – Johann Friedrich Struensee (until 17 January), Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

Struense and Brandt on the wheels
15 May: A page from the treaty between Denmark and Algiers.
  • 18 January – Queen Caroline Matilda, Johann Friedrich Struensee and Enevold Brandt were arrested and their rule ended in a palace coup.
  • 28 April – Struensee and Brandt are executed by beheading at the Eastern Commons outside Copenhagen. Afterwards their bodies are drawn and quartered.
  • 30 April – The Norwegian Society is founded in Copenhagen as a national venue for Norwegian students.
  • 16 May – A treaty between Christian VII and the Bey of Algiers brings an end to the Danish-Algerian War.
  • 14 October – Royal Danish Medical Society is founded.

Undated

  • Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark is designated as regent of Denmark.
  • Masquerades, horse races and foreign line dancers are prohibited.
  • The military language for use in writing and commands is changed from German to Danish.

Births

  • 17 June – Hans Peter Holm, naval officer (died 1812)
  • 19 August Johan Frederik Bardenfleth, naval officer, court official and governor-general of the Danish West Indies (died 1833)

Deaths

  • April 28
    • Enevold Brandt, courtier (born 1738)
    • Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician, statesman, de facto regent of Denmark (born 1737)
  • 8 June – Ulrik Fredrik de Cicignon, military officer (born 1698)
  • 17 August – Christen Lindencrone, merchant and landowner (born 1703)
  • Johanne Seizberg, illustrator and teacher (born 1732)

References

References

  1. "Christian VII {{!}} Scandinavian king".
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