1794 in Denmark

Events from the year 1794 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• January 3 – Aarhus Stiftstidende, a local newspaper based in Aarhus, is published for the first time.
• February 26 – The first Christiansborg Palace is destroyed in a fire.
• March 27 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
• June 11 – Friderich Christian Hager receives a commission as governor of the Danish Gold Coast.
• July– August – A large timber strike hits Copenhagen.

Births

• March 4 – Olaf Nikolas Olsen, cartographer (died 1949)
• March 21 – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (died 1939)
• July 24 – Johan Georg Forchhammer, mineralogist and geologist (died 1865)
• November 13 – Frederick Christian II, Duke, prince and feudal magnate (died 1814)
• December 27 – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1866)

Deaths

• April 26 – Johan Foltmar, composer (b. c. 1714)
• November 29 – Princess Sophia Frederica, princess of Denmark (born 1758)

References

See also

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