1791 in Denmark

Incumbents

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

Events

• 10 September –, a brig of 18 guns, is launched from the shipyard at Nyholm in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.

Culture

Art

• Jens Juel paints ''The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel''

Births

• 9 March Nicolai Jonathan Meinert, businessman
• 5 April – Christian Tuxen Falbe, naval officer and explorer
• 19 June – Henriette Jørgensen, actor
• 17 December – Birgitte Andersen, stage actor and ballet dancer

Deaths

• 2 July – Søren Abildgaard, naturalist, writer and illustrator
• 25 November – Magnus Theiste, government official