Events from the year 1722 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IV Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Events 27 November – A consortium is granted royal permission to establish Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury in Copenhagen.
'Undated Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury opens in Copenhagen with a monopoly on production of faience with blue decorations. The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is opened.Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon Johan Pistorius is executed on Nytorv in Copenhagen and is the last person to be legally executed for witchcraft in Denmark.Tyge Krogh, Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, Claus Bundgård Christensen, Cultural Histories of Crime in Denmark, 1500 to 2000 HDMS Dronning Anna Sophia is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
Births
11 June Hans Christopher Hersleb, burgermaster of Copenhagen (died 1788)) 2 September – Vigilius Eriksen, painter (died 1782) 20 October Eggert Christopher Knuth, landowner, Supreme Court justice and county governor (died 1776)
Fill date missing Lars Dalager, businessman /died 1772)
Deaths
18 July Gerhard Schøning, historian (born 1722 in Norway) 7 September Carl von Ahlefeldt, statesman (born 1670) 22 November Benoît Le Coffre, painter (born 1781) 22 December Johan Bertram Ernst, chief of police in Copenhagen (born 173)
Undated Benoît Le Coffre, painter to the Danish Court (born 1671) Dorte Jensdatter, murdered on accusations of witchcraft (born 1672) Johan Pistorius, grenadier and alleged witch
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