1742 in Denmark
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See also: | Other events of 1742 List of years in Denmark |
Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VI[1]
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
- 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram.[2]
Undated
Births
January–March
- 5 February – Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (died 1819)
- 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)
April–June
- 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)
July–September
- 5 July – Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (died 1787)
- 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)
October–December
- 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1788)
- 9 October – Louise Nimb, restaurateur (died 1903)
Deaths
- 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)
References
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