1773 in Denmark

Events from the year 1773 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

• 1 June The Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo is signed by Denmark and Russia.

Undated

Births

• 14 May Hans Bøchmann Melchior, naturalist (died 1831)
• 9 January – Carl Emil Moltke, diplomat and landowner (died 1858)
• 9 November – Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, author (d. 1856)

Deaths

• 17 February Frederik Christian von Møsting, government official (born 1717)
• 26 February Christian Frederik Raben, county governor and landowner (born 1693)
• 20 April Jens Nielsen Kragh, colonial administrator and plantation owner (born c. 1729)
• 21 April – Jens Høysgaard, philologist (born 1698)

• Catarina Gustmeyer, businessperson

References