1717 in Denmark

Events from the year 1717 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 13–14 May – Battle of Gothenburg, battle of the Great Northern War.
• 25 December The Christmas Flood of 1717 affects the west coast of Sønderjylland.

Undated

• Planters move from Saint Thomas to Saint John. leading to Denmark claiming the island in 1718.

Births

• 11 March Schack Carl Rantzau, statesman (died 1789 in France)
• 2 January Villum Berregaard, government official and Supreme Court justice (died 1769)
• 27 October Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm, jurist and government official (died 1781)

Deaths

• 13 April , naval officer (born 1641)
• 1 July Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (born 1647)
• 21 December Gustav Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg, general (born 1641)

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