Events from the year 1709 in
Denmark
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Incumbents
* Monarch –
Frederick IV
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Grand Chancellor –
Christian Christophersen Sehested
Christian Christophersen Sehested (22 Febr. 1666 – 19 July 1740) was a Danish noble and statesman.
Biography
He was the son of Christoffer Clausen Sehestedt til Nislevgaard paa Fyn (d. 1699). After the death of his father, he inherited the
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Events
* 22 October – The
Treaty of Copenhagen renews the alliance between the Russian Empire and
Denmark-Norway after it had been destroyed in 1700 with the
Peace of Travendal
The Peace of Travendal was a peace treaty concluded at the outset of the Great Northern War on 18 August 1700 between the Swedish Empire, Denmark–Norway and Holstein-Gottorp in Traventhal.Weigley (2004), p.108 Denmark had to return Holstein-Go ...
. Denmark-Norway re-enters the
Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...
as a result.
Births
* 16 August –
Ludvig Harboe
Ludvig Harboe (16 August 1709 – 15 June 1783) was a Danish theologian and bishop of the Diocese of Zealand from 1757 until his death.
Harboe was born at Broager Peninsula in Sønderborg, Denmark. He was mostly educated in Germany. He att ...
, theologian and bishop (died
1783
Events
January–March
* January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain.
* January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...
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Deaths
* 17 October –
Vibeke Jensdatter, merchant (born 1638)
References
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1700s in Denmark
Denmark
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Years of the 18th century in Denmark