Events from the year 1715 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IV Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events April
12 April The Danish frigate Ørnen (1694) is captured off Dornbusch by the Swedish frigate Vita Örn (1711) under Johan Casper Printz. 24 April – Battle of Fehmarn, naval battle of the Great Northern War.
May 2 May The Treaty of Berlin.
August 8 August – Battle of Rügen, naval battle of the Great Northern War.
December 24 December Denmark's Siege of Stralsund ends.
Births
6 January Frederik de Løvenørn, county governor and landowner(died 1779) 19 January Bartholomæus Bertelsen de Cederfeld, county governor (died 1783) 4 March Joachim Melchior Magens, colonial administrator and planter (died 1783) 30 November – Johan Jacob Bruun, painter (died 1789)
Deaths
8 August Just Juel, naval officer (born 1664) 11 November – Jens Rostgaard, civil servant, judge and antiquarian (born 1650) 16 November Jacques d'Agar, painter (born 1640)
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