Incumbents

• Monarch – HM Frederick V
  Frederick V of Denmark
  Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-Early life:...
  
  
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• March 31 – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is founded as a gift to King Frederick V
  Frederick V of Denmark
  Frederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-Early life:...
  
   on his 31st birthsday.

Deaths

• January 28 – Ludvig Holberg
  Ludvig Holberg
  Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, who spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque...
  
  , author, playwright, academic (b. 1684)
• June 7 – Nicolai Eigtved
  Nicolai Eigtved
  Nicolai Eigtved, also known as Niels Eigtved, , Danish architect, introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo style in Danish architecture during the 1730s-1740s. He designed and built some of the most prominent buildings of his time, a number of which still stand to this day...
  
  , architect (b. 1701
  1701 in Denmark
  -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick IV* Grand Chancellor – Conrad von Reventlow-See also:...
  
  )
• September 18 – Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig
  Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig
  Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig was a Danish count, Gehejmekonferensråd and director of the Danish West India Company from 1723.-Biography:...
  
  , Count (b 1688)

See also