1749 in Denmark

Events from the year 1749 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 3 January — The newspaper Berlingske is first published by Ernst Henrich Berling, making it the oldest Danish newspaper still in printing.

• 12 May Frederick V visits Roskilde on his grand tour of Denmark and Norway.

Births

• 29 January — Christian VII, king of Denmark (died 1808)
• 9 June — Andreas Kirkerup, architect (d. 1810)
• 10 August — Christian August Lorentzen, painter (died 1828)
• 28 September Bertel Bjørnsen, mayor (died 1820)
• November 29 — Johan Frederik Clemens, engraver (died 1831)

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