1759 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Frederick V
• Prime minister - Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• Construction of Christian's Church, Copenhagen is completed.
• The settlement of Aasiaat is founded as Egedesminde in Greenland.
• The village of Havredal is founded.

Births

• 15 January - Jørgen Mandix, judge
• 14 July Frederik Gottschalk von Haxthausen, Danish military officer and Norway's first minister of finance
• 19 July – Christopher Friedenreich Hage, merchant
• 5 April Erik Viborg, veterinarian and botanist
• 11 December Johan David Vogel, businessman and brewer

Deaths

• 4 April Christoffer Foltmar, painter and organist
• 9 May – Johan Friederich Wewer, merchant
• 5 September - Lauritz de Thurah, architect
• 6 October Johann Gottfried Burman Becker, pharmacist, writer and illustrator
• 29 October - Anne Dorthe Lund, actress