1712 in Denmark

Events from the year 1712 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 8 April The Danish frigate Heyeren sinks in Præstø Ghord after being shot upon by the Swedish frigate Hvita Örn.
• 11 April – Battle of Fladstrand, battle of the Great Northern War.
• 11 May The Danish ship of the line Fuen and four Danish frigates refuses an attack from six Swedish frigates north of Hirsholmene.
• 1 July – The children of the theologian and landowner Hector Gottfried Masius are ennobled by letters patent with the name von der Maase.
• 20 December The Battle of Gadebusch.

Births

• 8 June Simon Hooglant, admiral (died 1789)
• 1 July Frederik Oertz, county governor and court official (died 1779)
• 7 October , chief of police (died 1793)

Full date missing

• Johan Peter Suhr, businessman (died 1785)

Deaths

• 11 September Christian Vind, government official (born 1664)

References