1726 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IV
• Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein

Events

• 25 June A fire breaks out in Viborg destroying more than 150 buildings.

Births

• 24 March – Johanna Marie Fosie, first professional female Danish painter
• 24 August – Peter Cramer, painter
• 19 October – Princess Louise of Denmark, duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen
• 5 December – Honoratus Bonnevie, physician

Deaths

• 10 February Johan Christopher Schönbach, county governor and landowner