1782 in Denmark

Events from the year 1782 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 22 June HDMS Det Store Bælt is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen.

Undated

Births

• 12 March , chief of police (died 1846)
• 26 March Johan Carl Modeweg, industrialist (died 1849)
• 2 April Johannes West, colonial administrator (died 1835)
• 29 June Hans Christian Lyngbye, priest and botanist (died 1837)
• 12 August Ole Johansen Winstrup, engineer and inventor (died 1867)
• 9 September Andreas Andersen Feldborg, author (died 1838 in Danzig)
• 11 October – Steen Steensen Blicher, author (died 1848)
• 1 November – Adam Ditlev Wedell-Wedellsborg, government official (died 1827)
• 2 December Sixtus Aspach, titular bishop (died 1739)

Deaths

• 9 May Friedrich Carl von Gram, lord chamberlain and county governor (born 1702)
• 25 May — Vigilius Eriksen, painter (born 1722)
• 17 July – Peter Cramer, painter (born 1726)
• 31 August – Niels Egede – merchant and missionary (born 1710)
• 28October — Princess Charlotte Amalie, princess of Denmark (born 1706)

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