Events from the year 1788 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
- 24 September – The Theater War begins, when Denmark-Norway launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an ally of Denmark-Norway, who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in Gustav III's Russian War.
- 28 October – Lorentz Petersen's wine company is founded in Copenhagen.
Undated
- Eriksholm Manor is completed to designs by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff.[2]
Births
- 18 February - Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, princess of Denmark (died 1850)
- 26 July – Ole Bang, medical doctor (died 1877)
- 27 August – Frederik von Lowzow, civil servant and judge (died 1859)
- 28 September - Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, architect (died 1864)
- 29 December – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist and arts administrator (died 1865)
- undated - Anna Salmberg, educator (died 1868)
Deaths
- 17 May – Dorothea Biehl, playwright, translator (born 1731)
References
- ^ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Eriksholm Gods" (in Danish). Skeel & Kannegaard Genealogy. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
