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1730 in Denmark

overview of Denmark-related events during the year of 1730

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ4552628 ↗
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Events from the year 1730 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederick IV (until 12 October), Christian VI

Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein (until 17 October)

Prime Minister – Iver Rosenkrantz (from 17 October)

Events

12 October – Christian VI becomes King of Denmark and Norway

Adam Gottlob Moltke was made chamberlain to crown prince Frederick, later King Frederick V.

26 October – Cron Printz Christian departs from Copenhagen, bound for Canton. It is the first Danish expedition to China. She arrives back in Copenhagen on 27 June 1732.

Imlmpwm date

The naval ships HDMS Svanen and HDMS Tre Kroner are launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.

Births

2 November – Otto Friedrich Müller, naturalist (died 1784)

Full date missing

Caroline von Schimmelmann, Danish countess (d.

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The public source identifies “1730 in Denmark” as overview of Denmark-related events during the year of 1730. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Denmark, overview and Denmark-related.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1730, 1732, 1784—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Denmark, overview and Denmark-related providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1730 in Denmark” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.