1748 in Denmark

Events from the year 1748 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick V
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 18 December – Niels Eigtved's new theatre of Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen opens with a repertoire of Danish plays and Italian operas.
• 27 December – Ernst Henrich Berling receives a license to publish newspapers.

Undated

• Lauritz de Thurah publishes Hafnia Hodierna.
• Frederik Christian Eilschov publishes Philosophiske Breve.

Births

• 1 January , naval officer and landowner (died 1820)
• 21 January Nicolai Dajon, architect (died 1809)
• 11 March – Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow, statesman and reformer (died 1827)
• Amalie Sophie Holstein, noble and courtier (died 1823)

Deaths

• 19 February – Hans Gram, academic and historian (born 1685)
• 6 May – Friederich Ehbisch, sculptor (born 1672)
• 3 August Christian Carl Gabel, vice admiral, Chief Secretary of War and Director of the Dano-Norwegian Navy and Holmen Naval Base (born 1679)
• 17 September Valentin von Eickstedt, military officer and government official (born 1669?)

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