1790 in Denmark

Events from the year 1790 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 31 July Thewedding of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel takes place at Fottorpf Castle.

• 14 September – Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Marie Sophie arrives at Copenhagen.
• 2324 September The Danish Asiatic Company's Chinaman Juliane Maria wrecks in the Chinese Sea.

Births

• 12 May – Carsten Hauch, poet (died 1872)
• 25 August – Hans Birch Dahlerup, naval officer (died 1872)
• 1 September – Ferdinand Eckstein, philosopher and playwright (died 1861 in France)
• 13 October Benjamin Wolff, businessman, landowner and art collector (died 1866)
• 14 October – Georg Gerson, composer and banker (died 1825)

Deaths

• 20 February – Erik Pauelsen, painter (born 1749)
• 22 February , military officer, government official and landowner (borg 1824)
• 25 February – Daniel Ernst Bille, naval officer (born 1711)
• 7 March – Henrik Bolten, businessman and landowner born 1734 in Germany

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