Events from the year 1729 in
Denmark.
Incumbents
* Monarch –
Frederick IV
*
Grand Chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law co ...
–
Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events
* Construction of
Købmagergade 5 and
Købmagergade 7 is completed following the
Copenhagen Fire of 1728.
Births
* 6 March
Christian Hincheldey, businessman and landowner (died
1793
The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I.
Events
January–June
* January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden.
* January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...
)
* 1 July –
Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (died
1797
Events
January–March
* January 3 – The Treaty of Tripoli, a peace treaty between the United States and Ottoman Tripolitania, is signed at Algiers (''see also'' 1796).
* January 7 – The parliament of the Cisalpine Re ...
)
* 12 July
Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff
Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff (12 July 1729 – 2 April 1821) was a Danish colonial administrator and landowner. He served as Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 177273. He owned a couple of ships that sailed in the Danish West Indies T ...
, colonial administrator (died
1821
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic is first sighted, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.
* January 28 – Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Be ...
)
* 26 August
Christian Henrik Biering
Christian Henrik Biering (26 August 1729 – 8 September 1804) was a Danish pastor and writer.
Early life
Viering was born in Korup at Odense, the son of chaplain Niels Jørgensen Biering (ca. 1692–1778) and Else Bosdatter (died 1733). He matr ...
, clergy and writer (died
1804
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever.
* February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa.
* Februar ...
)
Deaths
* 8 June –
Prince Charles of Denmark (born
1680
Events
January–March
* January 2 – King Amangkurat II of Mataram (located on the island of Java, part of modern-day Indonesia), invites Trunajaya, who had led a failed rebellion against him until his surrender on December ...
)
References
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1720s in Denmark
Denmark
Years of the 18th century in Denmark