Events from the year 1716 in Denmark.

• Monarch – Frederick IV^[1]
• Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

• 8 March – The Battle of Høland.

• 8 July – Battle of Dynekilen, battle of the Great Northern War.
• 3 August – Martin Düssel and Christoffer Düssel are ennobled with letters patent under the name “von Falkenskiold”, founding the noble House of Falkenskiold.

• Peter the Great visits Copenhagen. He ascends the Round Tower on horseback while visiting Copenhagen. His wife, Catherine I, reportedly ascended behind him in a carriage.
• Johan Ludvig Holstein settles as a courtier and government official in Denmark.

• 24 July – Bolle Willum Luxdorph, government official and landowner (died 1788)

• Peder Olsen Walløe, arctic explorer (died 1793)
• Johann Georg Ziesenis, painter (died 1776)