1744 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian VI
• Prime minister - Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

Undated

• Crown prince Frederick's renovation of the Prince's Mansion is completed.
• The new Hirschholm Palace is completed.Den danske Spectator is first published.

Births

• 21 February - Cathrine Marie Møller, artist
• 6 March - Otto Fabricius, missionary, naturalist, ethnographer and explorer
• 19 March - William Halling, landowner
• 29 April Christian Ludvig von Holten, colonial administrator
• 29 May Thøger From, businessman
• 27 October Carl Adolph Raben, court official, county governor and landowner
• 19 November - Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice of Supreme Court
• Marie Barch, first native Danish ballerina
• Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson

Deaths

• 14 January Henrich Suhm, naval officer and colonial administrator