Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
  Christian VII of Denmark
  Christian VII was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was the son of Danish King Frederick V and his first consort Louisa, daughter of King George II of Great Britain....
  
  
• Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann
  Poul Christian Stemann
  Poul Christian Stemann was a Danish state official and leading minister 1827-1848.Stemann belonged to an old civil service family of German origin that has created many Danish local officials. As a young man he was relatively liberal, later becoming a deep conservative...
  
  

Events

• December 12 – The David Foundation and Collections
  The David Collection
  The David Collection is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen, Denmark, built around the private collections of lawyer, businessman and art collector C.L. David....
  
   is founded as an independent institution by C.L. David
  C.L. David
  C.L. David was a Danish lawyer, businessman and art collector...
  
   with his art collection on public display at the top floor of his home in Kronprinsessegade
  Kronprinsessegade
  Kronprinsessegade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Noted for its fine Neoclassical houses, it extends from Gothersgade and runs along the southern boundary of Rosenborg Castle Garden, passing Sølvgade and the Nyboder district of old naval barracks before finally joining Øster Voldgade...
  
   in Copenhagen
  Copenhagen
  Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
  
   as the focal point of its activity.

Deaths

• February 24 – Prince Frederik of Hesse
  Prince Frederik of Hesse
  Prince Frederik of Hesse, Count or Landgreve Friedrich of Hesse-Cassel was a Danish nobleman, general and governor of Norway and the duchies Schleswig and Holstein .-Personal life:...
  
  , nobleman, general and governor (b. 1771
  1771 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Johann Friedrich Struensee-Births:* May 24 – Prince Frederik of Hesse, nobleman, general and governor...
  
  )
• July 10 – Christian Frederik Hansen
  Christian Frederik Hansen
  Christian Frederik Hansen , known as C.F. Hansen, was the leading Danish architect between the late 18th century and the mid 19th century, and on account of his position at the Royal Danish Academy of Art the most powerful person in artistic circles for many years...
  
  , architecvt (b. 1756
  1756 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick V* Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg-Births:Ø February 9 – Friderich Christian Hager, governor of the Danish Gold Coast...
  
  )