1768 in Denmark

Events from the year 1768 in Denmark.

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Decades:	1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
See also:	Other events of 1768 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VII^[1]
• Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

Events

• 16 August – The equestrian statue of Frederick V is installed on Amalienborg in Copenhagen.
• 8 November – Wedding of Christian VII and Caroline Mathilde.

16 August: The installation of the equestrian statue of Frederick V on Amalienborg Slotsplads in Copenhagen

Undated

Births

29 January: The newborn Prince Frederik on display together with his mother Queen Caroline Matilda one day after his birth

• 28 January – Frederick VI, King of Denmark (died 1839)
• 10 February – Anne Cathrine Collett, landowner (died 1846)
• 9 July – Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (died 1810 in Sweden)

Full date missing

• Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (died 1797)

Deaths

• 21 March – Christian Fleischer, civil servant (born 1713)

Full date missing

• Christian Tychsen, governor