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1766
Events from the year 1766 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Frederick V (until 14 January),Frederick V king of Denmark and Norway https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-V-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway Encyclopedia Britannica 18 November 2019 en Christian VIIChristian VII Scandinavian king https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-VII Encyclopedia Britannica 19 September 2019 en
Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Events
January
14 January – Crown Prince Christian becomes King Christian VII of Denmark.
March
4 March The funeral of Frederick V of Denmark takes place at Roskilde Cathedral.
September
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.
thumb|8 November: First dance of King Christian VII and Caroline Mathilde at Christiansborg Palace
October
20 October - Christian Tychsen is appointed as governor of the Danish Gold Coast as the first on a regular basis.Ole Jutesen, ed. Danish Sources for the History of Ghana. Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2005
November
4 November Wedding of Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena
8 November
The wedding of Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain takes place at Christiansborg Palace accompanied by extensive celebrations throughout the city. The couple has already been married by proxy in London on 1 October.
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.
Births
thumb|120px|Peter Jørgen Frydendahl.
17 August Peter Schousboe, botanist (died 1832 in Morocco)
16 September Jes Bundsen, architectural printmaker (died 1829)
6 October Christian Steen, publisher (died 1861)
18 October Peter Jørgen Frydendahl, actor (died 1830)
Deaths
thumb|120px|Iogann Korf.
14 January – Frederick V, Danish king (born 1723)
7 April Iogann Korf.jpg, diplomat (born 1697)
7 May – Just Fabritius, businessman (born 1703)
17 September – Philip de Lange, architect (born c. 1705)
References
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