1783 in Denmark

Events from the year 1783 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 5 July HDMS Friderichsværn is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen.

Undated

Births

• 2 January – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter (d. 1853)
• 6 March Emilie Rosing, singer (died 1811)
• 11 May – Peter Willemoes, naval officer (d. 1808)
• 15 August Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub, painter (died 1816)
• 8 September – N. F. S. Grundtvig, pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician (d. 1872)
• 8 October – Christian Molbech, historian and editor (d. 1857)

Deaths

• 14 April – Abraham Pelt, industrialist and philanthropist (born 1695)
• 15 June – Ludvig Harboe, theologian and bishop (born 1709)
• 18 August Joachim Melchior Magens, colonial administrator and planter (born 1715)
• 19 January Bartholomæus Bertelsen de Cederfeld, county governor (born 1715)
• 17 December – Gysbert Behagen, merchant (born 1725)

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