1788 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1788 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
- September 24 – The Theater War begins, when Denmark-Norway launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an ally of Denmark-Norway, who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in Gustav III's Russian War.
Undated
- Eriksholm Manor is completed to designs by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff.[2]
Births
- February 18 - Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, princess of Denmark (died 1850)
- September 28 - Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, architect (died 1864)
- December 29 – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist and arts administrator (died 1865)
- undated - Anna Salmberg, educator (died 1868)
Deaths
- 17 May – Dorothea Biehl, playwright, translator (born 1731)
References
- ^ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Eriksholm Gods" (in Danish). Skeel & Kannegaard Genealogy. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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