1726 in Denmark

Events from the year 1726 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IV
• Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein

Events

• 25 June – A fire breaks out in Viborg destroying more than 150 buildings.

Births

• 24 March – Johanna Marie Fosie, first professional female Danish painter (died 1764)
• 24 August – Peter Cramer, painter (died 1782)
• 19 October – Princess Louise of Denmark, duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (died 1756 in Germany)
• 21 October – Adolph Sigfried von der Osten, diplomat (died 1797)
• 5 December – Honoratus Bonnevie, physician (died 1811)
• 24 December – Johann Hartmann, violinist and composer (died 1793)

Deaths

• 10 February – Johan Christopher Schönbach, county governor and landowner (born 1663)
• 19 April – Frederik Christian Adeler, privy councillor, county governor and landowner (born 1668)
• 20 December – Jens Juel-Vind, landowner (born 1694)

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