1791 in Denmark

Events from the year 1791 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 10 September – , a brig of 18 guns, is launched from the shipyard at Nyholm in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.

Culture

Art

• Jens Juel paints The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel

Births

• 9 March Nicolai Jonathan Meinert, businessman (died 1877)
• 5 April – Christian Tuxen Falbe, naval officer and explorer (died 1849)
• 19 June – Henriette Jørgensen, actor (died 1847)
• 14 December Johan LudvigHeiberg, poet (died 1860)
• 17 December – Birgitte Andersen, stage actor and ballet dancer (died 1875)

Deaths

• 2 July – Søren Abildgaard, naturalist, writer and illustrator (born 1718)
• 13 July , naval officer (born 1714)
• 29 May Jens Michelsen Beck, surveyor, cartographer, landowner and planter (born 1721)
• 25 November – Magnus Theiste, government official (born 1725)

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