1788 in Denmark

Events from the year 1788 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• September 24 – The brief Theater War when Denmark launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an ally of Denmark,who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in Gustav III's Russian War.

Undated

• Eriksholm Manor is completed to designs by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff.^[1]

Births

• February 18 - Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, princess of Denmark (died 1850)
• September 28 - Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, architect (died 1864)
• December 29 – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist and arts administrator (died 1865)

References

See also

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