1798 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

• 9 May The County of Vrahesminde is established by Preben Bille-Brahe from the manors of af Hvedholm, Damsbo, Stensgård and Østrupgård.
• 20 June – The abolishment of the Stavnsbånd, a serfdom-like institution originally introduced in 1733. The implementation was gradual.

Births

• 4 June – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian and critic
• 19 July – Christian August, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
• 11 October – Thomas Overskou, actor, playwright and historian
• 13 October – Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor
• 18 December – Emil Normann, painter

Deaths

• 7 September – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian
• 21 October Thomas de Malleville, colonial administrator
• 1 Secember Michael Gottlieb Birckner, priest and philosopher
• 11 November Peter Uldall, Supreme Court attorney, Public Prosecutor General and burgermaster
• 20 December – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist