Events from the year 1759 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick V Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events Undated Construction of Christian's Church, Copenhagen is completed. The settlement of Aasiaat is founded as Egedesminde in Greenland. The village of Havredal is founded.
Births
15 January – Jørgen Mandix, judge (died 1835) 12 March Rasmus Nyerup, literary historian, philologist, folklorist and librarian (died 1829) 5 April Erik Viborg, veterinarian and botanist (died 1822) 14 July Frederik Gottschalk von Haxthausen, Danish military officer and Norway's first minister of finance (died 1825) 19 July – Christopher Friedenreich Hage, merchant (died 1849) 11 December Johan David Vogel, businessman and brewer (died 1728)
Deaths
4 April Christoffer Foltmar, painter and organist (born 1718) 9 May – Johan Friederich Wewer, merchant (born 1699) 5 September – Lauritz de Thurah, architect (born 1706) 10 September Frederik Kaas, naval officer (born 1730) 6 October Johann Gottfried Burman Becker, pharmacist, writer and illustrator (died 1860) 29 October – Anne Dorthe Lund, actress (date of birth unknown)
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