1797 in Denmark

Events from the year 1797 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (until 21 June), Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

March

• 1 March Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution.

May

• 16 May HDMS Najaden in battle with local ships off Tripoli.
• 21 June – Prime Minister Andreas Peter Bernstorff dies, and is replaced by his son, Christian Günther von Bernstorff.

July

• 5 July – Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow, is appointed to Minister of the State.

Culture

Art

• Jens Juel paints Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe.

Births

• 1 May Ernst Meyer, politician (died 1751)
• 22 May – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died 1862)
• 20 June – Georg Frederik Ursin, mathematician and astronomer (died 1849)
• 29 July Sophus August Wilhelm Stein, pyusician (died 1868)
• 7 October – Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (died 1861)
• 20 August – Johan Frederik Møller, painter and photographer (died 1871)
• 25 August – Henrik Hertz, poet during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870)

Deaths

• 2 January Adolph Sigfried von der Osten, diplomat (born 1726)

• 5 April Georg Mathias Fuchs, painter (born 1719)
• 28 May – Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (born 1761)
• 20 June Henrik Fisker, naval officer (born 1720)
• 21 June – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, politician (born 1735)
• 15 July Johan Cornelius Krieger, naval officer (born 1725)
• 29 August – Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (born 1768)
• 5 December Steen Andersen Bille, naval officer (died 1883)
• 19 December – Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (born 1729)

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