1766 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1766 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick V (until 14 January),^[1] Christian VII^[2]
• Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

Events

• 14 January – Crown Prince Christian becomes King Christian VII of Denmark.^[2]
• 9 September – when Christian VII sells most of the royal holdings on the island of Falster (divided into 10 estates) by auction to make payments on Denmark's sovereign debt

• • Kongens Stubbekøbingjorder (Carlsfelt) is sold to Jørgen Schiønning on behalf of Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel.
  • Corselitze is sold to Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel-,
  • Egensegård (later Valnæsgård is sold to Hans Bergeshagen,
  • Gjedsergaard is sold to Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt-
  • Hvededahl
  • Orupgaard is sold to Christian Hincheldey.
  • Skiørringgaard
  • Slangerup
  • Klodskov (Estate No. 7, later Vennerslund) is sold to Peter Thestrup for 59724 rigsdale.
• Vesterborg
  • Skørringe os sold to Ole Jensen Stampe.

8 November: First dance of King Christian VII and Caroline Mathilde at Christiansborg Palace

• 20 October - Christian Tychsen is appointed as governor of the Danish Gold Coast as the first on a regular basis.^[3]
• 4 November Wedding of Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena
• 8 November
  • The wedding of King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain takes place at Christiansborg Palace accompanied by extensive celebrations throughout the city.
  • The event is in the same time the inauguration of the Great Hall of the still not completed royal palace..

Undated

• Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke demands a pension from the Danish royal house with the claim that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Christian VI.

Culture

Theatre

• 14 November – Henrik Ibsen's The Pillars of Society premieres at Odense Theatre.

Deaths

• 14 January – Frederick V, Danish king (born 1723)^[1]
• 7 May – Just Fabritius, businessman (born 1703)
• 17 September – Philip de Lange, architect (born c. 1705)

References

1. "Frederick V | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
3. Ole Jutesen,ed. Danish Sources for the History of Ghana. Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005