Events from the year 1773 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 –
Christian VII
* Prime minister –
Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
Undated
Births
* 9 January –
Carl Emil Moltke, diplomat and landowner (died
1858
Events
January–March
* January 9
** Revolt of Rajab Ali: British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong.
** Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
* January 14 – Orsini affair: Pi ...
)
* 9 November –
Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, author (d.
1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – The American sidewheel steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatl ...
)
Deaths
* 17 February
Frederik Christian von Møsting, government official (born 1717)
* 26 February
Christian Frederik Raben, county governor and landowner (born
1693
Events
January–March
* January 11 – The Mount Etna volcano erupts in Italy, causing a devastating earthquake that kills 60,000 people in Sicily and Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Sout ...
)
*20 April
Jens Nielsen Kragh, colonial administrator and plantation owner (born c. 1729)
* 21 April –
Jens Høysgaard
Jens Pedersen Høysgaard (; December 25, 1698 – April 21, 1773) was a Danish philologist, caretaker at the University of Copenhagen from 1737–1759, and bell-ringer at Trinitatis Church. In spite of never holding an academic post, he wrot ...
, philologist (born
1698
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England.
* January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, England is destroyed by fire.
* January 23 – ...
)
;Full date missing
*
Catarina Gustmeyer, businessperson
References
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1770s in Denmark
Denmark
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Years of the 18th century in Denmark
1773 in Europe