1742 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Christian VI^[1]
• Prime minister  - Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram.^[2]

Undated

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 5 February Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (died 1819)
• 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)

AprilJune

• 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)

JulySeptember

• 5 July Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (died 1787)
• 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)

OctoberDecember

• 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1788)
• 9 October Louise Nimb, restaurateur (died 1903)

Deaths

• 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VI Scandinavian king . Encyclopedia Britannica . 18 November 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Dantes Plads: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab . da. University of Copenhagen. 2013-07-19.