1728 in Denmark
Events from the year 1728 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Frederick IV
- Grand Chancellor - Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events
- 14 July - Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name.
- 20 October - The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out.
- 23 October - The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless.
Undated
- The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed.
- A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum
Births
- 26 June - Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts
- 21 June Mathias Lunding, mayor of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Asiatic Company
- 29 July Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India
- 18 October - Peter Frederik Suhm, historian
- 7 November Christian Hansen, bisonessman
Deaths
- 24 September - Frederik Krag, noble, civil servant