Events from the year 1790 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
July 31 July Thewedding of Frederick VI and Marie of Hesse-Kassel takes place at Fottorpf Castle.
September 14 September – Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Marie Sophie arrives at Copenhagen. 2324 September The Danish Asiatic Company's Chinaman Juliane Maria wrecks in the Chinese Sea.
Births 12 May – Carsten Hauch, poet (died 1872) 25 August – Hans Birch Dahlerup, naval officer (died 1872) 1 September – Ferdinand Eckstein, philosopher and playwright (died 1861 in France) 13 October Benjamin Wolff, businessman, landowner and art collector (died 1866) 14 October – Georg Gerson, composer and banker (died 1825)
Deaths
20 February – Erik Pauelsen, painter (born 1749) 22 February Frederik Wedel Jarlsberg, military officer, government official and landowner (borg 1824) 25 February – Daniel Ernst Bille, naval officer (born 1711) 7 March – Henrik Bolten, businessman and landowner born 1734 in Germany
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