1728 in Denmark

none 1728 Events from the year 1728 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IVFrederick IV king of Denmark and Norway https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-IV-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway Encyclopedia Britannica 18 November 2019 en Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein Events thumb|200px|A 1728 map of Copenhagen showing the city as it appeared immediately before the Great Fire of 1728 14 July – Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name. 20 October – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out. 23 October – The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless. Undated The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed.Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum Births thumb|120px|Peter Frederik Suhm. 26 June – Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (died 1763) 21 June Mathias Lunding, mayor of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Asiatic Company (died 1788) 29 July Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (died 1794) 18 October – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (died 1798) 7 November Christian Hansen, bisonessman (died 1810) Deaths 3 February Laurence de Boysset, military officer and landowner (born c. 1733 in France) 24 September – Frederik Krag, noble, civil servant (born 1655) References 1728 Category:1720s in Denmark Denmark Category:Years of the 18th century in Denmark