Events from the year 1714 in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick IV * Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

* 18 April – The

County of Knuthenborg A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) ''Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denotin ...

is established by Adam Christopher Knuth from the manors of

Knuthenborg Knuthenborg is a manor house located north of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. Originally known as Årsmarke, it was first mentioned in 1372. Today's building was completed in 1866 to a design by Henrik Steffens Sibbern. The medieval man ...

, Maribo Ladegaard, Bandholmgård, Havlykke, Vårskov and Knuthenlund * 10 December – the College of Missions is established.

Births

* 23 August –

Hans Jacob Scheel Hans Jacob Scheel (23 August 1714, died 21 January 1774) was a Dano-Norwegian Major-General. Scheel was born in Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway. He was the son of Hans Heinrich Scheel (1668-1738) and Benedicte Dorothea Gjordsdatter (1684-1752). He s ...

, Dano-Norwegian Major-General (died 1774 in Norway)

Undated

* Johan Foltmar – composer (died

1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United St ...

)

Deaths

* 27 March –

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (27 April 1650 – 27 March 1714) was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian V. Although she did not have much political influence, she was a successful businesswoman in her many estates and p ...

, Queen of Denmark and Norway (born 1650 in the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...

) * 6 August – Oliger Paulli, merchant and publisher (born

1644 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King Cha ...

)

References

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Years of the 18th century in Denmark