1785 in Denmark

Events from the year 1785 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

• 22 June – The Academy of Surgery is founded in Copenhagen, replacing the Theatrum Anatomico-chirurgicum from 1736.^[1]

Births

• 16 January – Frederikke Løvenskiold, composer (died 1876)

Deaths

• 10 September – Otto Thott, count, minister of state and bibliophile (born 1703)
• 29 December – Johan Herman Wessel, poet (born 1742)

References

See also

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