Events from the year 1787 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
- 15–17 July – Students and soldiers fight in Filosofgangen in Copenhagen ("Studenterkrigen i Filosofgangen")).
- 26 October – The Royal Danish Academy of Surgery on Bredgade in Copenhagen is inaugurated.[2]
Undated
- J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole, the first serious school for girls, is founded.
- English: A controversy between the historian Jens Kragh Høst (1772-1844) and Jacob Baden (1735-1840) and art historian Torkel Baden (1765-1849) attracts attention..
Births
- 23 January – Christopher Fabritius, silversmith born 1710)
- 29 June – Broder Knud Brodersen Wigelsen, naval officer (died 1867)
- 4 September – Jørgen Hansen Koch, architect (died 1860)
- 6 September – Christian Waagepetersen, wine merchant and philanthropist (died 1840)
- 22 November – Rasmus Rask, scholar and philologist (died 1832)
Dete unknown
- Johannes Flintoe, painter of landscapes and scenes from Scandinavian history (died 1870)
Deaths
- 27 December – Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (born 1742)
- Full date missing
- Anna Sofie Bülow, courtier (born 1745)
References
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