1792 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1792 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
May
- 16 May – * Denmark declares transatlantic slave trade illegal after 1803 (though slavery continues to 1848)[1]
Births
- 2 April – Johannes Theodorus Suhr, businessman (died 1858)
- 26 June – Christian Albrecht Jensen, portrait painter during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870)
- 12 August – Hans Harder, painter and drawing master (died 1873)
- 22 November – Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (died 1863)
Deaths
- 24 March – Johan Frederik Classen, Danish-Norwegian industrialist and philanthropist (born 1725).[2]
- 18 July – Christine Sophie von Gähler, courtier (born 1745)
- 25 September – Adam Gottlob Moltke, former Lord Chamberlain to Frederick V from 1730–1743 (born 10 November 1710).[3]
- Cathrine Marie Gielstrup, stage actress (born 1755)
References
- ^ The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery, Volume 1 By Junius P. Rodriguez
- ^ "J. F. Classen". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^ The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Adam Gottlob, Greve (Count) Moltke | Danish government official". britannica.com. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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