1751 in Denmark

Events from the year 1751 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

Undated

• The Lapp Codicil of 1751 is signed, defining the land border between Denmark-Norway and Sweden.
• Construction of Zinn House and Prince William Mansion is completed in Copenhagen.

Births

• 11 August –Poul de Løvenørn, naval officer (died 1826)
• 29 JJuly , court official and landowner (died 1828)
• 22 August Steen Andersen Bille, admiral (died 1833)
• 31 August Hinrich Braren, sea captain and author (died 1826)
• 15 October Michael Herman Løvenskiold, district governor and landowner (died 1807)

Full date missing

• Birgitte Winther, opera singer (died 1809)
• Peter Rabe Holm, businessman (died 1824)
• Hans Rudolph Saabye, businessman (died 1817)
• Hans Christian Ondrup, master builder, stucco artist and porcelain painter (died 1814)

Deaths

• 6 January – Carl Marcus Tuscher, polymath: portrait painter, printmaker, architect, and decorator (born 1705 in the Holy Roman Empire)
• 7 June Peter Otto Rosenørn, county governor and disrist (born 1708)
• 19 December – Queen Louise, Queen of Denmark-Norway (born 1724 in the United Kingdom)

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