1775 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1775 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1775 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII
• Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

• May 1 – The Royal Danish Porcelain Factory is founded by the chemist Frantz Heinrich Müller, who is given a 50-year monopoly to create porcelain in Denmark, and begins operations in a converted post office.

Undated

• Bygholm Manor is completed near Horsens.^[1]

Births

• September 17 – Margrethe Schall, dancer (died 1852)
• October 9 – Peter Thonning, physician and botanist (died 1848)
• October 19 – Kamma Rahbek, salonist and lady of letters (died 1829)

Deaths

• March 30 – Christian Ditlev Reventlow, Privy Councillor and nobleman (born 1710)
• April 10 – Jonas Haas, engraver (born 1720)
• August 16 – Jakob Langebek, historian (born 1710)

References

1. "Bygholm" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2012-08-11.

See also