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1747 in Denmark 
Summary
Events from the year 1747 in Denmark.
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Incumbents edit
- Monarch – Frederick V[1]
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events edit
- 4 September – The coronation of Frederick V of Denmark at Frederiksborg Chapel.
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- Count Adam Gottlob Moltke was made a privy councillor by Frederick V, who gave him the estate of Bregentved.[2]
- Skagen's first lighthouse is inaugurated to designs by Philip de Lange.
- Frederiksdal House is completed as the earliest example of a maison de plaisance in Denmark.
Births edit
- 5 January – Frederik Ludvig Bang, physician (died 1820)
- 10 July – Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, electress of Hesse-Kassel (died 1820 in Germany)
- 4 August – Olfert Fischer, vice admiral (died 1829)
- 4 December – Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician, businessman and patron (died 1831)