1762 in Denmark

Events from the year 1762 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

February

• 10 February - The Guard Hussars regiment is founded.

April

• 2 April The Chinaman Dronning Sophia Magdalena is launched at the Danish Asiatic Company's own shipyard in Copenhagen.

Births

• 16 January Birgithe Kühle, hournalist (died 1832)
• 13 March Anine Frølich, ballet dancer (died 1784)
• 3 September Christian Kyhl, gunsmith (died 1827)

Full date missing

• Peder Schall, musician and composer (died 1820)

Deaths

• 26 May Claus Paarss, military officer and governor og Greenland (born 1683)
• 3 December – Povl Badstuber, coppersmith and industrialist born 1685)

References