1747 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1747 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1747 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick V ^[1]
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

4 September: The coronation of Frederick V of Denmark at Frederiksborg Chapel.

• 4 September – The coronation of Frederick V of Denmark at Frederiksborg Chapel.

Date unknown

• Count Adam Gottlob Moltke was made a privy councillor by Frederick V, who gave him the estate of Bregentved. ^[2]
• Skagen's first lighthouse is inaugurated to designs by Philip de Lange.
• Frederiksdal House is completed as the earliest example of a maison de plaisance in Denmark.

Births

• 5 January – Frederik Ludvig Bang, physician (died 1820)
• 10 July – Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, electress of Hesse-Kassel (died 1820 in Germany)
• 4 August – Olfert Fischer, vice admiral (died 1829)
• 4 December – Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician, businessman and patron (died 1831)

References

1. "Frederick V". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. "Adam Gottlob, Greve (Count) Moltke". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 March 2017.