1795 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
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The Great Fire at Gammel Strand
- 5 June – The Copenhagen Fire of 1795 breaks out around 3 p.m. at the Navy’s old base at Gammelholm.
- 7 June – The fire dies out around 4 p.m. It has destroyed 941 houses and made homeless around 6,000 residents.
Undated
- The Leda and the Swan statue in Copenhagen Harbour is dismantled.
Births
- 16 January – Carl Christian Rafn, historian, translator and antiquarian (died 1864)
- 4 May - Annestine Beyer, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education (died 1884)
- 8 December – Peter Andreas Hansen, astronomer, Copley Medal recipient in 1850 (died 1874)
- 13 December – Just Mathias Thiele, writer and art historian (died 1874)
- 31 December – Carl Peter Holbøll, naval officer and Greenland explorer (died 1856)
Deaths
- 3 January – Hans Næss, architect (born 1723)
- 20 July – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (born 1742)
- 17 August – Friderich Christian Hager, governor of the Danish Gold Coast (born 1756)
- Caroline von Schimmelmann, favorite (born 1730)
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References
- "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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