Events from the year 1716 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Frederick IV
  • Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

  • 8 March – The Battle of Høland.
  • 8 July – Battle of Dynekilen, battle of the Great Northern War.
  • 3 August – Martin Düssel and Christoffer Düssel are ennobled with letters patent under the name “von Falkenskiold”, founding the noble House of Falkenskiold.

Undated

  • Peter the Great visits Copenhagen. He ascends the Round Tower on horseback while visiting Copenhagen. His wife, Catherine I, reportedly ascended behind him in a carriage.
  • Johan Ludvig Holstein settles as a courtier and government official in Denmark.

Births

  • 24 July – Bolle Willum Luxdorph, government official and landowner (died 1788)

Full date missing

  • Peder Olsen Walløe, arctic explorer (died 1793)
  • Johann Georg Ziesenis, painter (died 1776)

Deaths

References


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