Events from the year 1716 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IV Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events 8 March The Battle of Høland.
8 July – Battle of Dynekilen, battle of the Great Northern War. 3 August – Martin Düssel and Christoffer Düssel are ennobled with letters patent under the name “von Falkenskiold”, founding the noble House of Falkenskiold.
Undated Peter the Great visits Copenhagen. He ascends the Round Tower on horseback while visiting Copenhagen. His wife, Catherine I, reportedly ascended behind him in a carriage. Johan Ludvig Holstein settles as a courtier and government official in Denmark.
Births
10 January Christian Siegfried Scheel von Plessen, army officer, county governor and landowner (died 1755) 24 July Bolle Willum Luxdorph, government official and landowner (died 1788)
Full date missing Peder Olsen Walløe, arctic explorer (died 1793) Johann Georg Ziesenis, painter (died 1776)
Deaths 8 August Mikkel Knudsen Crone. colonial administrator (born unknown year)
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