1796 in Denmark

Incumbents

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

Events

• 13 October - Hansen's Konditori

Births

• 5 January Laurentius Johannes Cramer, businessman
• 14 February – Poul Pagh, merchant and shipowner
• 8 April – Frederik von Scholten, naval officer and painter
• 28 June – Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Queen of Denmark
• 29 July – Christian Winther, lyric poet
• 3 August Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard, county govvernor and landowner

Deaths

• 12 April – William Halling, landowner
• 10 October – Queen Juliana Maria, Queen of Denmark