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1742 in Denmark
Events from the year
1742 in Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch –
Christian VI
Prime minister –
Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
13 Novemberâ The
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
is founded as a historical
Collegium
Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count
Johan Ludvig Holstein
and the history professor
Hans Gram
.
Undated
Births
JanuaryMarch
5 February
Frederik Christian Willerup
, sculptor (died
1819
)
16 February âÂÂ
Niels Lunde Reiersen
, government official businessman (died
1795
)
AprilJune
12 April âÂÂ
Søren Gyldendal
, bookstore owner, publisher (died
1802
)
14 June
Jens Bruun de Neergaard
, judge and landowner (died
1788
)
JulySeptember
5 July
Henrik Gerner
, naval officer and shipbuilder (died
1787
)
9 August âÂÂ
Johan Christian Schønheyder
, bishop (died
1803
)
19 August
Andreas Collstrop
, timber merchant and one of Copenhagen's
32 Men
(died
1820
)
OctoberDecember
7 October âÂÂ
Johan Zoëga
, entomologist and botanist (died
1788
)
Deaths
26 February
Knud Nielsen Benstrup
, (born
1692
)
22 September âÂÂ
Frederic Louis Norden
, naval captain and explorer (born
1708
)
31 December
Christian Hans von Warnstedt
, county governor (born 1675)
References