1761 in Denmark

List of events

  • 1760
  • 1759
  • 1758
1761
in
Denmark

  • 1762
  • 1763
  • 1764
Decades:
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
See also:Other events of 1761
List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1761 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Frederick V[1]
  • Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

  • 4 January – The Danish Arabia Expedition departs from Copenhagen.[2]
  • 13 January – The Fire Insurance for All Danish Market Towns is instituted by law.[3]

Undated

  • Georg Christian Oeder begins the publication of Flora Danica
  • Johan Jacob Bruun begins the publication of his Novus Atlas Daniæ

Births

Undated

Deaths

  • February 17 — Simon Carl Stanley, sculptor (born 1703)
  • July 16 - Jacob Fortling, sculptor, architect and industrialist (born 1711)
  • Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

References

  1. ^ "Frederick V | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ^ "The Arabian Journey 1761-1767". Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
  3. ^ "danmarkshistorien.dk". ortaelling.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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