1794 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1794 in Denmark .

Incumbents

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

Events

January 3 – Aarhus Stiftstidende, a local newspaper based in Aarhus, is published for the first time.
February 26 – The first Christiansborg Palace is destroyed in a fire.
March 27 – Denmark-Norway and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
June 11 – Friderich Christian Hager receives a commission as governor of the Danish Gold Coast.
July– August – A large strike among carpenters and later some 2,000 other craftsmen hits Copenhagen, resulting in the arrest of more than 200 carpenters. It is met with a general strike involving more than 2,000 craftsmen.

Undated

Births

4 March – Olaf Nikolas Olsen, cartographer (died 1848)
21 March – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (died 1838)
26 July – Johan Georg Forchhammer, mineralogist and geologist (died 1865)
14 December – Christian Frederik Zeuthen, landowner (died 1850)^[2]

27 December – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1866)

Deaths

22 April – Georg Hjersing Høst, government official and writer (born 1734)^[3]
26 April – Johan Foltmar, composer (born 1714)
8 August – Andreas Bodenhoff, businessman (born 1723)
11 August – Christian Ulrik Foltmarm painter (born 1716)
29 September – Edvard Stormm educator and writer (born 1749)
13 November – Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (born 1721)
29 November – Princess Sophia Frederica, princess of Denmark (born 1758)
29 December – Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (born 1728)

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References

↑ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
↑ "C. Zeuthen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
↑ "Georg Hjersing Høst". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.

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

[2] "C. Zeuthen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[3] "Georg Hjersing Høst". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.

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