1789 in Denmark

Events from the year 1789 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 9 July – The Theater War, which began the previous year, formally ends.

Undated

• Andreas Hjorth founds what will later become known as Emil Hjorth & Sønner.

Births

• 7 February – Joakim Frederik Schouw, lawyer, botanist and politician (died 1852)
• 14 April Catharine Wernicke, pianist (died 1862)
• 25 May Peter Johan Alexei Conradt-Eberlin, Supreme Court justice (died 1847)
• 28 May – Bernhard Severin Ingemann, writer (died 1862)
• 16 August Johan Carl Peter Prytz naval officer (died 1862)
• 15 October – William Christopher Zeise, chemist (died 1847)
• 30 October – Princess Louise Charlotte, princess of Denmark (died 1864)
• 26 December , chief of police (died 1870)

Deaths

• 27 September Oluf Lundt Bang, lawyer and judge (born 1731)
• 19 December Simon Hooglant, admiral (born 1712)

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