1719 in Denmark

Events from the year 1719 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

Undated

• The first lottery in Denmark is held. The prizes are royal land lots.

Births

• 19 January Bartholomæus de Cederfeld, county governor (died 1783)
• 22 May Otto von Rantzau, government official (died 1768)
• 23 October – Peter Fenger (died 1774)

Deaths

• 17 January – Sophie Amalie Moth, royal mistress (born 1654)
• 22 September – Hans Schack, 2nd Count of Schackenborg (born 1676)
• 11 November Johan Otto Raben, lord chamberlain and county governor (born 1646)
• 29 December , president of the Supreme Court (born 1644)

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