1712 in Denmark

Events from the year 1712 in Denmark.

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Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
See also:	Other events of 1712 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IV^[1]
• Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

11 May: Fruen and four Danish frigates refuses an attack from six Swedish frigates north of Hirsholmene..

20 December: Battle of Gadebusch.

• 8 April – The Danish frigate Heyeren sinks in Præstø Ghord after being shot upon by the Swedish frigate Hvita Örn.
• 11 April – Battle of Fladstrand, battle of the Great Northern War.
• 11 May – The Danish ship of the line Fuen and four Danish frigates refuses an attack from six Swedish frigates north of Hirsholmene.
• 1 July – The children of the theologian and landowner Hector Gottfried Masius are ennobled by letters patent with the name von der Maase.
• 20 December – The Battle of Gadebusch.

Births

Undated

• Johan Peter Suhr, businessman (died 1785)

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 1712

Further information: Category:1712 deaths