Events from the year 1728 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IV Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events
14 July – Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name. 20 October – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out. 23 October – The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless.
Undated The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed.Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum
Births
26 June – Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (died 1763) 21 June Mathias Lunding, mayor of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Asiatic Company (died 1788) 29 July Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (died 1794) 18 October – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (died 1798) 7 November Christian Hansen, bisonessman (died 1810)
Deaths 3 February Laurence de Boysset, military officer and landowner (born c. 1733 in France) 24 September – Frederik Krag, noble, civil servant (born 1655)
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