1772 in Denmark

Events from the year 1772 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Johann Friedrich Struensee (until 17 January), Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

Struense and Brandt on the wheels

• January 18 – Johann Friedrich Struensee, Enevold Brandt and Queen Juliana Maria as the culmination of a plot against Struense.
• April 28 – Struense and Brandt are executed by beheading at the Eastern Commons outside Copenhagen. Afterwards their bodies are drawn and quartered.
• April 30 – Norwegian Society is founded in Copenhagen as a venue for Norwegian students.
• October 14 – Royal Danish Medical Society is founded.

Undated

• Mascerades, horse races and foreign line dancers are prohibited.
• The military language for use in writing and commands is changed from German to Danish.

Deaths

• April 28
  • Enevold Brandt, courtier (born 1737)
  • Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician, statesman, de facto regent of Denmark (born 1737)

References

See also

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