1788 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1788 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 24 September  - The Theater War begins, when Denmark-Norway launches an attack on Sweden at Bohuslän as a diversion to support Russia, an ally of Denmark-Norway, who had in turn been attacked by Sweden in Gustav III's Russian War.
• 28 October Lorentz Petersen's wine company is founded in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Eriksholm Manor is completed to designs by Caspar Frederik Harsdorff.^[2]

Births

• 18 February - Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, princess of Denmark (died 1850)
• 26 July Ole Bang, medical doctor (died 1877)
• 27 August Frederik von Lowzow, civil servant and judge (died 1859)
• 28 September - Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, architect (died 1864)
• 29 December  - Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist and arts administrator (died 1865)
• undated - Anna Salmberg, educator (died 1868)

Deaths

• 17 May – Dorothea Biehl, playwright, translator (born 1731)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian VII Scandinavian king . Encyclopedia Britannica . 19 September 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Eriksholm Gods. da. Skeel & Kannegaard Genealogy. 2011-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20120513192940/http://skeel.info/showmedia.php?mediaID=4030&medialinkID=13185. 2012-05-13. dead.