1790 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

• 14 September - Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Marie Sophie arrives at Copenhagen.
• 2324 September The Danish Asiatic Company's Chinaman Juliane Maria wrecks in the Chinese Sea.

Births

• 12 May – Carsten Hauch, poet
• 25 August Hans Birch Dahlerup, naval officer
• 14 October – Georg Gerson, composer and banker

Deaths

• 20 February – Erik Pauelsen, painter
• 25 February – Daniel Ernst Bille, naval officer
• 7 March Henrik Bolten, businessman and landowner born 1734 in Germany