1785 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1785 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII^[1]
• Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

• 22 June – The Academy of Surgery is founded in Copenhagen, replacing the Theatrum Anatomico-chirurgicum from 1736.^[2]

Undated

Births

• 16 January – Frederikke Løvenskiold, composer (died 1876)
• 25 August Adam Wilhelm Moltke, landowner and politician (died 1864)

Deaths

• 28 May  - Johan Peter Suhr, businessman (born 1712)
• 10 September – Otto Thott, count, minister of state and bibliophile (born 1703)
• 29 December – Johan Herman Wessel, poet (born 1742)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VII Scandinavian king . Encyclopedia Britannica . 19 September 2019 . en.
2. Web site: 1785. da. Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 2012-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20140911002132/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1700/1785.html. 2014-09-11. dead.