1788 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1788 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII ^[1]
• Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

• 24 September – The Theater War begins, when Denmark-Norway launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an ally of Denmark-Norway, who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in Gustav III's Russian War.
• 28 October – Lorentz Petersen's wine company is founded in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Eriksholm Manor is completed to designs by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff. ^[2]

Births

• 18 February - Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, princess of Denmark (died 1850)
• 26 July – Ole Bang, medical doctor (died 1877)
• 27 August – Frederik von Lowzow, civil servant and judge (died 1859)
• 28 September - Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, architect (died 1864)
• 29 December – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist and arts administrator (died 1865)
• undated - Anna Salmberg, educator (died 1868)

Deaths

• 22 April – Jens Bruun de Neergaard, judge and landowner (born 1742)
• 17 May – Dorothea Biehl, playwright, translator (born 1731)
• 21 June – Mathias Lunding, mayor of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Asiatic Company (born 1728)

References

1. "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
2. "Eriksholm Gods" (in Danish). Skeel & Kannegaard Genealogy. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.