1786 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1786 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 4 March – The sc hool Efterslægtselskabets skole is founded in Copenhagen.^[2]
• 27 April – is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.^[3]
• 25 August – The Great Agricultural Commission (Den Store Landbokommision) is set up with the task of rethinking the relationship between landowners and tenant farmers. It is formally abolished in 1816 but is inactive from 1802.^[4]
• 26 September – Christian VII visits London.

Unknown date

• The Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly ends.
• Foundation of Madam Lindes Institut.

Births

• 3 January – Ole Jørgen Rawert, government official and topographic painter (died 1851)
• 8 January – Christen Niemann Rosenkilde, actor (died 1861)
• 28 January – Nathaniel Wallich, botanist (died 1854)
• 15 September – Frederik Treschow, supreme court attorney, politician, landowner and philanthropist (died 1869)
• 18 September – Christian VIII, King of Denmark (died 1848)^[5]
• 6 October Christian Steen, bookseller and publisher (died 1861)
• 23 October – Lewin Jürgen Rohde, naval officer and harbour master (died 1857)
• 14 November – Simon Aron Eiberchutz, businessman and philanthropist (died 1856)^[6]
• 13 December – Daniel Bentley, civil servant (died 1869)

Deaths

• 8 January – Johan Mandelberg, painter (born 1730)
• 19 April – Cecilie Christine Schøller, socialite (born 1720).
• 29 December – Johan Herman Wessel, poet, playwright (born 1742)

Unknown date

• Johan Bernhardt Schottmann, master builder (born 1734 in Saxony)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VII Scandinavian king . Encyclopedia Britannica . 19 September 2019 . en.
2. Web site: 1786. da. Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160402061221/http://kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1700/1786.html. 2 April 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Indfødsretten (1786). Danish. Trao Danmark. 16 June 2022.
4. Web site: Den Store Landbokommision 1786-1816. da. danmarkshistorien.dk. 16 August 2016.
5. Web site: Christian VIII king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 June 2019 . en.
6. Web site: A. Westenholz. Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 16 June 2022.