1787 in Denmark

Events from the year 1787 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

July

• 1517 July Students and soldiers fight in Filosofgangen in Copenhagen ("Studenterkrigen i Filosofgangen").

September

• 4 September J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole is founded as one of the first girls' schools in the city.

October

• 26 October The Royal Danish Academy of Surgery on Bredgade in Copenhagen is inaugurated.

Undated

• J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole, the first serious school for girls, is founded.
• English: A controversy between the historian Jens Kragh Høst (1772-1844) and Jacob Baden (1735-1840) and art historian Torkel Baden (1765-1849) attracts attention..
• Fort Augustaborg is constructed on the Danish Gold Coast.

Births

• 12 January Peter Nicolay Skibsted, naval officer (died 1832)
• 23 January Christopher Fabritius, silversmith born 1710)
• 29 June Broder Knud Brodersen Wigelsen, naval officer (died 1867)
• 4 September – Jørgen Hansen Koch, architect (died 1860)
• 6 September – Christian Waagepetersen, wine merchant and philanthropist (died 1840)
• 22 November – Rasmus Rask, scholar and philologist (died 1832)
• 20 December Ludvig Christian Brinck-Seidelin, civil servant, landowner and politician (died 1865)

Date unknown

• Johannes Flintoe, painter of landscapes and scenes from Scandinavian history (died 1870)

Deaths

• 19 January – Antoine-Nicolas le Sage de Fontenay, naval officer (born 1725)
• 27 December Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (born 1742)

Date unknown

• Anna Sofie Bülow, courtier (born 1745)

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