Events from the year 1790 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
- July
- 31 July Thewedding of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel takes place at Fottorpf Castle.
- September
- 14 September – Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Marie Sophie arrives at Copenhagen.
- 23–24 September – The Danish Asiatic Company's Chinaman Juliane Maria wrecks in the Chinese Sea.
Births
- 12 May – Carsten Hauch, poet (died 1872)
- 25 August – Hans Birch Dahlerup, naval officer (died 1872)
- 1 September – Ferdinand Eckstein, philosopher and playwright (died 1861 in France)
- 13 October – Benjamin Wolff, businessman, landowner and art collector (died 1866)
- 14 October – Georg Gerson, composer and banker (died 1825)
Deaths
- 20 February – Erik Pauelsen, painter (born 1749)
- 22 February – Frederik Wedel Jarlsberg, military officer, government official and landowner (borg 1824)
- 25 February – Daniel Ernst Bille, naval officer (born 1711)
- 7 March – Henrik Bolten, businessman and landowner born 1734 in Germany[2]
References
- ^ "Christian VII: Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Henrik Bolten" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2018.