1781 in Denmark

Events from the year 1781 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Christian VII
Prime minister - Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

18 June The county of Lindenborg is established by Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann from the manors of Lindenborg, Gudumlund, Vildmosegaard, Tiendegården, Henriksdal, Louisendal and Thoruphedegård.

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Births

2 January – Frederik Michael Ernst Fabritius de Tengnagel, military officer and landscape painter
12 June – Anne Marie Mangor, cookbook writer
2 July – Erich Christian Werlauff, historian
18 September Andreas Buntzen, businessman
2 October Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman and insect collector
12 October – Ludvig Mariboe, Norwegian businessman, publisher and politician
11 November – Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman
16 December Caspar Henrik Wolfsen, privateer and customs inspector

Deaths

22 February – Anna Magdalena Godiche, publisher
17 March - Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet
10 April - Reinhard Iselin, businessperson
25 May Frederik Horn, chief of police in Copenhagen and president of Hof- og Stadsretten
30 August – Georg David Anthon, architect
25 December Wolf Veit Christoph von Reitzenstein, county governor and headmaster