1724 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1724 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Frederick IV[1]
- Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events
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- 9 November – At the Greenland Parade, two Greenlandic Inuit, Pock and Keperock, who had been sent to Copenhagen by Hans Egede earlier that year, are presented to the general public when they sail through the canals around Christiansborg Palace in their kayaks accompanied by barges with musicians and dignitaries.[2]
Undated
[edit]- * The Central Guardhouse on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen is built. In 1874 it is moved to Kastellet.
- Frederik Rostgaard is banished from the Royal Court in Copenhagen after accusations of corruption and withdraws to Krogerup Manor north of the city.[3]
- The Faroe Islands detach from rule of Denmark-Norway.
Culture
[edit]Art
[edit]- The Royal Greenland Trading Department charges Bernhard Grodtschilling with painting a double portrait of Pooq and Qiperoq. It is the following year handed over to the Kunstkammeret.
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Bernhard Grodtschilling's double portrait of Pooq and Qiperoq
Births
[edit]- 15 June – Jens Krag-Juel-Vind, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died 1776)
- 22 August – Jens Schielderup Sneedorff, author, professor of political science and royal teacher (died 1764)
Deaths
[edit]- 16 July – Jacob Coning, painter (born c. 1647)
References
[edit]- ^ "Frederick IV | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "FEMTE KAPITEL: Kjøbenhavn under Frederik den Fjerde indtil Ildebranden 1728" (in Danish). Det slesvigske Hyldingsbæger. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ "About Krogerip Folk High School". Krogerup Højskole. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
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