1742 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VI ^[1]
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram. ^[2]

Births

January–March

• 5 February – Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (died 1819)
• 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)

April–June

• 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)
• 14 June – Jens Bruun de Neergaard, judge and landowner (died 1788)

July–September

• 5 July – Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (died 1787)
• 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)
• 19 August – Andreas Collstrop, timber merchant and one of Copenhagen's 32 Men (died 1820)

October–December

• 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1788)

Deaths

• 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)
• 31 December – Christian Hans von Warnstedt, county governor (born 1675)

References

1. "Christian VI | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. "Dantes Plads: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab" (in Danish). University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 19 July 2013.