1709 in Denmark

Events from the year 1709 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 28 June The Treaty of Dresden renews the alliance between Denmark-Norway and Augustus II the Strong against Sweden.
• 22 October – The Treaty of Copenhagen renews the alliance between the Russian Empire and Denmark-Norway after it had been destroyed in 1700 with the Peace of Travendal. Denmark-Norway re-enters the Great Northern War as a result.

Births

• 16 August – Ludvig Harboe, theologian and bishop (died 1783)
• 24 September Christiane Henriette Louise Juel, courtier (died 1756)

Full date missing

• Johann Gottfried Rosenberg, architect (died 1776)
• Johan Christian Conradi, architect (died 1779)

Deaths

• 10 January Knud Juel, landowner and county governor (born 1665)
• 14 September Christian Frederik Bielke, military officer (born 1670)
• 20 September Hector Gottfried Masius, clergy and landowner (born 1653 in Mecklenburg)
• 17 October – Vibeke Jensdatter, merchant (born 1638)

Publication

• Lex Regia

References