Events from the year 1711 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IV Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events January An outbreak of plaque his Helsingør. May 25 – Helsingør is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen. A total of 1,809, about one third of Helsingør's population, are killed by the disease in 1711. The efforts to keep the disease from spreading fail and a total of 40,000 people in Copenhagen and northern Zealand are killed by the disease during the outbreak. The blockade of Helsingør is not lifted until 25 July 1712.
Undated The short-lived County of Friderichsholm is established by Frederick IV for his mistress Charlotte Helene von Schindel from the manors of Næsbyholm and Bavelse but dissolved again in 1716.
Births 7 April – Daniel Ernst Bille, naval officer (died 1790) 14 August Marcus Fredrik Bang, bishop (died 1759 in Norway)
Date unknown Frederik Barfred, wine merchant (died 1794) Utilia Lenkiewitz, actress (died 1770)
Deaths 17 May – Johann Gottfried Becker, pharmacist (born 1639)
Date unknown Cille Gad, poet and culture personality (born 1675)
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