1731 in Denmark
Events from the year 1731 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Christian VI
- Prime Minister - Iver Rosenkrantz
Events
- 26 January – Kjøbenhavns Brandforsikring is founded, speeding up the rebuilding of the city after the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 significantly since lending out money for construction projects becomes less risky.
- 4 March – The Reformed Church in Copenhagen is reinaugurated after its rebuilding.
- 8 April – Maglekilde Watermill is the first of a number of buildings which are destroyed in a series of devastating fires that hits Roskilde in 1731.
- 6 June The coronation of Christian VI of Denmark.
- 7 October – The rebuilt Trinitatis Church is reinaugurated in Copenhagen.
Undated
- Nicolaus Zinzendorf visits Copenhagen and the Moravian Church gains considerable popularity
- Denmark-Norway introduces a new Royal Standard flag.
Births
- 14 January Hinrich Ladiges, businessman
- 19 March – Niels Brock, merchant
- 2 June – Dorothea Biehl, playwright, translator
- 14 June – Johan Theodor Holmskjold, botanist, civil servant
- 1 July – Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor
- 1 September – Ove Høegh-Guldberg, statesman, historian, and de facto prime minister of Denmark
- 11 September Oluf Lundt Bang , lawyer and judge
- 21 October Jørgen Thomsen Bech, businessman
Full date missing
- Christian Hee Hwass, malacologist
- Anna Catharina Materna, actress
- Ingrid Maria Wenner, courtier
- Marie Martine Bonfils, brewer