1771 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian VII
• Prime minister - Johann Friedrich Struensee

Events

• January - Mathildeordenen is created.
• 15 June Hof- og Stadsretten is established by royal charter in an attempt to rationalize the chaotic Danish court system.

Undated

• The Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen is founded.
• The company later known as H. H. Thiele is founded by Johan Rudolph Thiele.

Births

• 20 February Jørgen Conradt, coppersmith
• 10 February Lars Bache, ferryman and privateer
• 26 February Cornelius Høyer, painter
• 24 May - Prince Frederik of Hesse, nobleman, general and governor
• 7 July - Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg

Deaths

• 16 April – Christian Rantzau, Governor-general of Norway
• 11 May Herman Henrik Kønneman, businessman and politician
• 28 May Gerhard Morell. art dealer and keeper of Kunstkammeret
• 20 September Johannes Valeur, judge and vice mayor of Copenhagen )