1758 in Denmark

Events from the year 1758 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

Undated

• The ballet dancers Marie Barch and Carl Vilhelm Barch debut at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen as the first native ballet dancers.

Births

• 21 January Frederik Harboe, naval officer (died 1811)

• 7 June – Peter Mandrup Lem, violinist (died 1828)
• 24 August – Frederik Julius Kaas, prime minister (died 1827)
• 13 September – Peter Norden Sølling (died 1827)
• 6 November – Andreas Birch, academic, bishop (died 1829)
• 16 November – Peter Andreas Heiberg, author (died 1841)
• 4 October – Frederik Julius Bech, bishop (died 1922 in Norway)

Deaths

• 30 January – Carl Adolph von Plessen, statesman (born 1678 in Mecklenburg)
• 15 July – Ambrosius Stub, poet (born 1705)
• 5 February – Anthoni Raff, burgermaster and businessman (died 1692(
• 5 November – Hans Egede, missionary (born 1686)

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