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1728 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1728 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events

- 14 July – Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name.
- 20 October – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out.
- 23 October – The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless.
Undated
- The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed. [2]
- A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum
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Births
- 26 June – Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (died 1763)
- 21 June – Mathias Lunding, mayor of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Asiatic Company (died 1788)
- 29 July – Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (died 1794)
- 18 October – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (died 1798)
- 7 November – Christian Hansen, bisonessman (died 1810)
Deaths
- 24 September – Frederik Krag, noble, civil servant (born 1655)
References
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