1748 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1748 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1748 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick V^[1]
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 18 December – Niels Eigtved's new theatre of Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen opens with a repertoire of Danish plays and Italian operas.^[2]
• 27 December – Ernst Henrich Berling receives a license to publish newspapers.

Undated

• Lauritz de Thurah publishes Hafnia Hodierna.
• Frederik Christian Eilschov publishes Philosophiske Breve.

The Bernstorff Palace Gardens

Births

• 1 January – Adam Gottlob Ferdinand Moltke, naval officer and landowner (died 1820)
• 21 January – Nicolai Dajon, architect (died 1809)
• 11 March – Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow, statesman and reformer (died 1827)
• Amalie Sophie Holstein, noble and courtier (died 1823)

Deaths

• 19 February – Hans Gram, academic and historian (born 1685)
• 6 May – Friederich Ehbisch, sculptor (born 1672)
• 3 August – Christian Carl Gabel, vice admiral, Chief Secretary of War and Director of the Dano-Norwegian Navy and Holmen Naval Base (born 1679)
• 17 September – Valentin von Eickstedt, military officer and government official (born 1669?)
• 17 December – Niels Gersdorff, courtier and government official (born 1799)

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