Events from the year 1770 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (until 13 September), Johann Friedrich Struensee
Events
- 26 March - It is reported that it is possible to walk across the ice from Helsingør to Scania.[2]
- 2 May - A Royal Danish Navy fleet bound for Algiers departs from Copenhagen to bomb the city in response to the recurrent pirate attacks in the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
Undated
Births
- 2 March - Johan Ernst Hartmann, organist and composer (died 1844)
- 20 July - Hans Munk, physician (died 1848)
- 29 September - Jacob Holm, industrialist, ship owner and ship builder (died 1845)
- 19 November - Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor (died 1844)
- 3 August - Jacob Holm, businessman (died 1845)
- 11 November – Christopher Schøller Bülow, landowner and county governor (died 1830 in Germany)
Deaths
- 27 May – Queen Sophia Magdalene, queen of Denmark (born 1700)
- 23 September – Utilia Lenkiewitz, actress (born 1711)
References
- ^ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Udisning" (in Danish). Jakob Seerups forskerblog. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ "The threat from the Barbary Coast – the Danish Navy and the war against the Mediterranean pirates". Royal Danish Naval Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
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