Events from the year 1781 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
18 June The county of Lindenborg is established by Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann from the manors of Lindenborg, Gudumlund, Vildmosegaard, Tiendegården, Henriksdal, Louisendal and Thoruphedegård. Kilder
Births
2 January – Frederik Michael Ernst Fabritius de Tengnagel, military officer and landscape painter (died 1849) 12 June – Anne Marie Mangor, cookbook writer (died 1865) 2 July – Erich Christian Werlauff, historian (died 1871) 18 September Andreas Buntzen, businessman (died 1830) 2 October Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman and insect collector (died 1868) 12 October – Ludvig Mariboe, Norwegian businessman, publisher and politician (died 1841) 16 December Caspar Henrik Wolfsen, privateer and customs inspector (died 1836)
Deaths
22 February – Anna Magdalena Godiche, publisher (born 1721) 17 March – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (born 1743) 10 April – Reinhard Iselin, businessperson (born 1714 in Switzerland) 25 May Frederik Horn, chief of police in Copenhagen and president of Hof- og Stadsretten (born 1708) 30 August – Georg David Anthon, architect (born 1714 in Germany) 25 December Wolf Veit Christoph von Reitzenstein, county governor and headmaster (born 1810)
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