1743 in Denmark

Events from the year 1743 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

August

• 2 August
• The Barony of Christiansdal is established by Ide Margrethe Reventlow from the manors of Adserstrup and Grimsted.
• The Barony of Conradsborg is established by Ide Margrethe Reventlow for her son Christian Frederik Knuth from the manors of Sørup, SandbygÃ¥rd and RosengÃ¥rd.

December

• 11 December The wedding of Crown Prince Frederick (V) and Louise of Great Britain is celebrated at Christiansborg Palace. The couple had already been married by proxy on 10 November in Hanover.
• 30 December Christian VI grants Johan Sigismund Schulin the Frederiksdal estate north of Copenhagen as a New Year present.

Undated

• Adam Gottlob Moltke assumes the post of Court Marshal, secured for him by crown prince Frederick, later King Frederick V.

Undated

Births

• 11 June – Arnoldus von Falkenskiold, colonel (died 1819)
• 28 June Peter Uldall, Supreme Court attorbey, Public Prosecutor General and burgermaster (died 1798)
• September 11 – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, painter (died 1809)
• c. 1 October Hans Peder Kofoed, businessman (died 1812)
• October 2 or 14 – Erik Pauelsen, painter (died 1790)
• 18 November – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (died 1781)
• November 29 – Joachim Castenschiold, military officer (died 1817)

Deaths

• January 7 – Anne Sophie Reventlow, royal mistress, spouse by bigamy, later queen consort (born 1693)

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