1741 in Denmark

Events from the year 1741 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VI
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 13 January – The Conventicle Act of 1741 is enacted.
• 6 May HDMS Elephanten is launched at the Royal Danish Dockyard.

Undated

The Copenhagen Stocks House is opened to civilian prisoners.

Culture

• Ludvig Holberg's Niels Klim's Underground Travels is published.

Births

• 3 February – Charlotte Elisabeth Henriette Holstein, courtier (died 1809)
• 16 February – Margrethe von der Lühe, courtier (died 1826)
• 8 October Johan Thomas Flindt, chief of police in Copenhagen (died 1805)

Full date unknown

• Cornelius Høyer, miniatures painter (died 1804)
• Mette Magrete Tvistman, warchmaker (died 1827)

Deaths

• 26 March Friedrich von Gram, Chief Forester and county governor (born 1667)

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