Events from the year 1717 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IV Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested
Events
13–14 May – Battle of Gothenburg, battle of the Great Northern War. 25 December The Christmas Flood of 1717 affects the west coast of Sønderjylland.
Undated Planters move from Saint Thomas to Saint John. leading to Denmark claiming the island in 1718.
Births 11 March Schack Carl Rantzau, statesman (died 1789 in France) 2 January Villum Berregaard, government official and Supreme Court justice (died 1769) 27 October Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm, jurist and government official (died 1781)
Deaths 13 April Frederik Giedde, naval officer (born 1641) 1 July Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (born 1647) 21 December Gustav Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg, general (born 1641)
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