Events from the year 1755 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick V[1]
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
- 24 November – The company now known as Iver C. Weilbach & Co. A/S is founded when flag, sail and compass maker Iver Jensen Borger sets up his own maritime supplier business in Copenhagen
Births
- 5 February – Caroline Müller, operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer (died 1826)
- 3 March – Cathrine Marie Gielstrup, stage actress (died 1792)
- 1 April – Ernst Frederik Walterstorff, colonial administrator (died 1820 in France)
- 27 June – Niels Ditlev Riegels, historian, journalist and pamphleteer (died 1802)
- 19 September – David Amsel Meyer, businessman and financial advisor (died 1813)
- 17 October - Envold de Falsen, lawyer, poet, actor and statesman (died 1808).[2]
- 13 November – Andreas Hallander, builder and architect (died 1828)
- 16 November – Joachim-Daniel Preisler, actor (died 1809)
Full date missing
- August – Salomon Ahron Jacobson, medallist, sculptor, engraver (died 1830)
Deaths
- 2 January – Michael Christian Ludvig Ferdinand Tønder, naval officer (born 1692 in Norway)
- 5 February – Gideon von der Lühe, county governor (born 1704)
- 12 February – Frederik Fabritius, goldsmith (born 1683)
- 28 February – Johannes Erasmus Iversen, composer (born 1713)
- 2 April – Christian Siegfried Scheel von Plessen, army officer, county governor and landowner (born 1716)
- 21 September – Johan Cornelius Krieger, architect (born 1683)
References
- ^ "Frederick V | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ Thyness, Paul. "Envold De Falsen" (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Helle, Knut (ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 October 2012.