1730 in Denmark

Events from the year 1730 in Denmark.

← 1729 1728 1727 1730 in Denmark → 1731 1732 1733
Decades:	1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
See also:	Other events of 1730 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IV (until 12 October),^[1] Christian VI^[2]
• Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein (until 17 October)
• Prime Minister – Iver Rosenkrantz (from 17 October)

Events

Cronprintz Christian seen on the front page from the ship journal from its 1730-32 voyage to China.

• 12 October – Christian VI becomes King of Denmark and Norway^[2]
• Adam Gottlob Moltke was made chamberlain to crown prince Frederick, later King Frederick V.^[3]
• 26 October – Cron Printz Christian departs from Copenhagen, bound for Canton. It is the first Danish expedition to China. She arrives back in Copenhagen on 27 June 1732.

Births

• 2 November – Otto Friedrich Müller, naturalist (died 1784)

Full date missing

• Caroline von Schimmelmann, Danish countess (d. 1795)

Deaths

• 7 January – Árni Magnússon, Icelandic scholar (born 1663 in Iceland)
• 2 February – Abraham Kløcker, merchant (born 1673)^[4]
• 12 October – Frederick IV, King of Denmark (born 1671)^[1]