1771 in Denmark

Events from the year 1771 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Johann Friedrich Struensee

Events

• January - Mathildeordenen is created.
• 15 June Hof- og Stadsretten is established by royal charter in an attempt to rationalize the chaotic Danish court system.

Undated

• The Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen is founded.
• The company later known as H. H. Thiele is founded by Johan Rudolph Thiele.

Births

• 20 February Jørgen Conradt, coppersmith (died 1851)
• 10 February Lars Bache, ferryman and privateer (died 1809)
• 26 February Cornelius Høyer, painter (died 1804)
• 24 May – Prince Frederik of Hesse, nobleman, general and governor (died 1845)
• 7 July – Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg (died 1843)
• 25 September , chief of police (died 1822)

Deaths

• 28 February Johann Michael Lavien, planter (born c. 1717)
• 16 April – Christian Rantzau, Governor-general of Norway (born 1684)
• 11 May Herman Henrik Kønneman, businessman and politician (born 1692)
• 28 May Gerhard Morell. art dealer and keeper of Kunstkammeret (born c. 1710)
• 20 September Johannes Valeur, judge and vice mayor of Copenhagen (born 17001))

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