1793 in Denmark

Events from the year 1793 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 4 September – A royal decree reduces the number of counties (Danish: amt, pl. amter) to 20.

Births

• 22 April – Ludvig Bødtcher, lyric poet (died 1874)

Deaths

• 15 September – Johan Theodor Holmskjold, botanist, civil servant (born 1731)
• 14 October – Thomas Kingo, bishop, poet and hymn-writer (born 1634)

References

See also

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