1759 in Denmark
Events from the year 1759 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Frederick V
- Prime minister - Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
Undated- 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