1786 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1786 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
- 4 March – The sc[clarification needed] hool Efterslægtselskabets skole is founded in Copenhagen.[2]
- 25 August – The Great Agrivultural Commission (Den Store Landbokommision) is set up with the task of rethinking the relationship between landowners and tenant farmers. It is formally abolished in 1816 but is inactive from 1802.[3]
Undated
- The Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly ends.
- Foundation of Madam Lindes Institut.
Births
- 3 January – Ole Jørgen Rawert, government official and topographic painter (died 1851)
- 12 March – Bendix Grodtschilling the Youngest, painter (died 1737)
- 28 January – Nathaniel Wallich, botanist (died 1854)
- 15 September – Frederik Treschow, supreme court attorney, politician, landowner and philanthropist (died 1869)
- 18 September – Christian VIII, King of Denmark (died 1848)[4]
Deaths
- January 8 — Johan Mandelberg, painter (born 1733)
- December 29 – Johan Herman Wessel, poet, playwright (born 1742)
References
- ^ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "1786" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Den Store Landbokommision 1786-1816" (in Danish). danmarkshistorien.dk. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Christian VIII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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