1728 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1728 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Frederick IV^[1]
• Grand Chancellor  - Ulrik Adolf Holstein

Events

• 14 July  - Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name.
• 20 October  - The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out.
• 23 October  - The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless.

Undated

• The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed. ^[2]
• A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum

Births

• 26 June  - Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (died 1763)
• 29 July Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (died 1794)
• 18 October  - Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (died 1798)

Deaths

• 24 September  - Frederik Krag, noble, civil servant (born 1655)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick IV king of Denmark and Norway . Encyclopedia Britannica . 18 November 2019 . en.
2. http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1451/origin/170/ Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon