Events from the year 1779 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
Undated
Culture
Music Johann Hartmann's music for Johannes Ewald's opera The Death of Vader (premiered 1778) is used for the first time.
Births
7 March Conrad Christian Bøhndel, painter and lithographer (died 1847) 3 April Julius Høegh-Guldberg, military officer (died 1751) 4 April Julius Høegh-Guldberg, officer and politician (died 1861) 3 August Peter Atke Castberg, physician (died 1823) 25 August Andreas Schifter (died 1852) 14 November – Adam Oehlenschläger, poet (died 1850)
Deaths
30 September Johan Christian Conradi, German-Danish master builder and architect (born 1709) 28 September Frederik Oertz, county governor and court official (born 1712) 15 October Frederik de Løvenørn, county governor (born 1715)
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