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1777 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1777 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Christian VII
  • 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 HD;S Justitia is launched at Orlogsværftet on Nyholm in Copenhagen.

Undated

  • The pioneer acting academy Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded.
  • Danish India is turned over to the government by the Danish Asiatic Company and becomes a Danish-Norwegian crown colony.
  • Peter Johansen establishes the shipyard Petersværft on his new Petersgaard estate.

Births

  • 21 February Christian Wulff, naval officer (died 1843)
  • 9 May – Johannes Søbøtker, merchant, plantation owner and governor (died 1854)
  • 14 August - Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism (died 1851)
  • 15 October Christian David Gebauer, painter (died 1831)
  • 16 October - Johan Ludwig Lund, painter (died 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 1851)

Deaths

  • 14 November Bernt Jensen Mørch, ship captain (born 1729)

References

References

  1. "Christian VII {{!}} Scandinavian king".
  2. "Petersgaard - ejerhistorie".
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