1796 in Denmark

Events from the year 1796 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 13 October – Hansen's Konditori

Births

• 5 January Laurentius Johannes Cramer, businessman (bprn 1748)
• 14 February – Poul Pagh, merchant and shipowner (died 1870)
• 8 April – Frederik von Scholten, naval officer and painter (died 1853)
• 28 June – Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Queen of Denmark (died 1881)
• 29 July – Christian Winther, lyric poet (died 1876)
• 3 August Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard, county govvernor and landowner (died 1849)
• 7 August Barthold Georg Niebuhr, statesman, banker and historian (died 183 1in Prussia)

Deaths

• 12 April – William Halling, landowner (born 1744)
• 10 October – Queen Juliana Maria, Queen of Denmark (born 1729)
• 25 October Frederik Michael Krabbe, naval officer and master shipbuilder (born 1725)

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