1781 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1781 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1781 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII^[1]
• Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

• 18 June – The county of Lindenborg is established by Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann from the manors of Lindenborg, Gudumlund, Vildmosegaard, Tiendegården, Henriksdal, Louisendal and Thoruphedegård.

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Births

• 2 January – Frederik Michael Ernst Fabritius de Tengnagel, military officer and landscape painter (died 1849)
• 12 June – Anne Marie Mangor, cookbook writer (died 1865)
• 2 July – Erich Christian Werlauff, historian (died 1871)
• 18 September – Andreas Buntzen, businessman (died 1830)
• 2 October – Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman and insect collector (died 1868)
• 12 October – Ludvig Mariboe, Norwegian businessman, publisher and politician (died 1841)
• 11 November – Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman (died 1868)
• 16 December – Caspar Henrik Wolfsen, privateer and customs inspector (died 1836)

Deaths

• 22 February – Anna Magdalena Godiche, publisher (born 1721)
• 17 March – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (born 1743)
• 10 April – Reinhard Iselin, businessperson (born 1714 in Switzerland)
• 30 August – Georg David Anthon, architect (born 1714 in Germany)

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