1773 in Denmark

Decades:	1750s ; 1760s ; 1770s ; 1780s ; 1790s ;
See also:	Other events of 1773 ; List of years in Denmark

Last updated February 27, 2026

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian VII ^[1]
Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

Undated

Births

- 14 May – Hans Bøchmann Melchior, naturalist (died 1831)
9 January – Carl Emil Moltke, diplomat and landowner (died 1858)
9 November – Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, author (d. 1856)

Deaths

17 February – Frederik Christian von Møsting, government official (born 1717)
26 February – Christian Frederik Raben, county governor and landowner (born 1693)
20 April – Jens Nielsen Kragh, colonial administrator and plantation owner (born c. 1729)^[2]
21 April – Jens Høysgaard, philologist (born 1698)

Full date missing

Catarina Gustmeyer, businessperson

References

↑ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
↑ Larsen, Kay. "Guvernører, residenter, kommandanter og chefer" (PDF) (in Danish). Arthur Jensens Forlag. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

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[1] "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[2] Larsen, Kay. "Guvernører, residenter, kommandanter og chefer" (PDF) (in Danish). Arthur Jensens Forlag. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

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