1775 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1775 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
- 1 May – The Royal Danish Porcelain Factory is founded by the chemist Frantz Heinrich Müller, who is given a 50-year monopoly to create porcelain in Denmark, and begins operations in a converted post office.
Undated
- Bygholm Manor is completed near Horsens.[2]
Births
- 27 March – Nicolai Abraham Holten, banker and civil servant (died 1850)
- 17 September – Margrethe Schall, dancer (died 1852)
- October 9 – Peter Thonning, physician and botanist (died 1848)
- 19 October – Kamma Rahbek, salonist and lady of letters (died 1829)
Deaths
- 30 March – Christian Ditlev Reventlow, Privy Councillor and nobleman (born 1710)
- 10 April – Jonas Haas, engraver (born 1720)
- 15 June – Joost van Hemert, merchant and ship-owner (born 1696)
- 16 August – Jakob Langebek, historian (born 1710)
- 16 October – Peter van Hurk, businessman (born 1697)
- 25 November – Jacob Benzon, nobleman, civil servant and Governor-general of Norway (born 1688)
References
- "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "Bygholm" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
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