1777 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1777 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII
- Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
- 23 July – The Wichfeld noble family is founded when the brothers Jørgen Wichmand and Thomas Frederik Wichmand were ennobled by letters patent.
- The pioneer acting academy Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded.
Undated
- Danish India i turned over to the government by the Danish East Asia Company and becomes a Danish crown colony.
Births
- 9 May – Johannes Søbøtker, merchant, plantation owner and governor (died 1854)
- 14 August - Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist and chemist, discoverer of electromagnetism (died 1851)
- 16 October - Johan Ludwig Lund, painter (d, 1867)
- 23 December – Johan Christian Drewsen, businessman and agronomist (died 1953)
References
See also
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