1721 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1721 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IV ^[1]
• Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested, Ulrik Adolf Holstein

Events

The beginning of the instructions to the local priest regarding the establishment of Frederick IB's Royal Schools.

• 28 March – Frederick IV issues a set of instructions to the church inspector, county governor, pastor and schoolmaster regarding the establishment of Frederick IV's Royal Schools (aka cavalry schools). ^[2]

Undated

• The French theater company of the royal court, La troupe du Roi de Danemark is dissolved. ^[3]

Births

Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Jens Michelsen Beck.

• 1 January – Jens Michelsen Beck, surveyor, cartographer, landowner and planter (died 1791)
• 11 January – Anna Magdalena Godiche, publisher (died 1781)
• 6 April – Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, duke (died 1804)

Deaths

• 15 March – Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen consort of Denmark (born 1667 in Germany)

References

1. "Frederick IV: king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. "Instruction". thorshoj.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
3. Frederick J. Marker,Lise-Lone Marke: A History of Scandinavian Theatre