Events from the year 1722 in

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Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick IV * Grand Chancellor –

Ulrik Adolf Holstein Ulrik Adolf Holstein, Greve til Holsteinborg (14 April 1664 – 21 August 1737) was a Danish nobleman and statesman. Life He was born in Schleswig-Holstein. His father, Adam Christopher von Holstein (1631-1690) owned Netzeband and Buchhol ...

Events

* 27 November – A consortium is granted royal permission to establish

Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury, active from 1722 to the late 1770s, was a faience ceramics manufacturer located on Store Kongensgade in Copenhagen. It was the first manufacturer of faience in the Nordic countries. It is especially remembe ...

in Copenhagen. Undated *

opens in Copenhagen with a monopoly on production of faience with blue decorations. * The ''

Lille Grønnegade Theatre Lille Grønnegade Theatre was a Danish theatre which was active from 1722 to 1728. It was the first public theatre in Copenhagen in Denmark. History In 1721, the French troupe La troupe du Roi de Danemark, which had performed for the royal cou ...

'' in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is opened. *

Johan Pistorius Johan Pistorius (d. 1722), was a Danish grenadier. He was judged guilty of making a Satanic pact, and was the last person executed for witchcraft in Denmark. Johan Pistorius was a soldier in the Danish army with the rank of grenadier. He was arre ...

is executed in Copenhagen and is the last person to be legally executed for witchcraft in Denmark.Tyge Krogh,

Louise Nyholm Kallestrup Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (born 1975) is a Danish historian. She is a professor at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) and the director of its Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies who specializes in the Early Modern Period. Best know ...

, Claus Bundgård Christensen,
Cultural Histories of Crime in Denmark, 1500 to 2000
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Births

* 2 September –

Vigilius Eriksen Vigilius Eriksen (2 September 1722 in Copenhagen – 25 May 1782 in Rungstedgård) was a Danish painter. He was the royal portraitist to Christian VI of Denmark. Biography He initially studied under Johann Salomon Wahl. In 1755 he was awa ...

, painter (died

1782 Events January–March * January 7 – The first American commercial bank (Bank of North America) opens. * January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establish ...

)

Deaths

Undated *

Benoît Le Coffre Benoît Le Coffre (1671 – 1722) was a Danish painter of French descent. He became King Frederick IV's Court Painter in 1700 and is considered the earliest representative of light Rococo painting in Denmark. Biography Benoît Le Coffre was ...

, painter to the Danish Court (born

1671 Events January–March * January 1 – The Criminal Ordinance of 1670, the first attempt at a uniform code of criminal procedure in France, goes into effect after having been passed on August 26, 1670. * January 5 – The B ...

) *

Dorte Jensdatter Dorte Jensdatter (1672–1722), was a Danish murder victim. She was burned alive by her neighbors, after being accused of witchcraft. Dorte Jensdatter was unmarried and supported herself by spinning in the village Øster Grønning in Salling. She ...

, murdered on accusations of witchcraft (born

1672 Events January–March * January 2 – After the government of England is unable to pay the nation's debts, King Charles II decrees the Stop of the Exchequer, the suspension of payments for one year "upon any warrant, secur ...

) *

, grenadier and alleged witch

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1722 In Denmark 1720s in Denmark

Years of the 18th century in Denmark