Events from the year 1787 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events
July 1517 July Students and soldiers fight in Filosofgangen in Copenhagen ("Studenterkrigen i Filosofgangen").
September 4 September J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole is founded as one of the first girls' schools in the city.
October 26 October The Royal Danish Academy of Surgery on Bredgade in Copenhagen is inaugurated.
Undated
J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole, the first serious school for girls, is founded. English: A controversy between the historian Jens Kragh Høst (1772-1844) and Jacob Baden (1735-1840) and art historian Torkel Baden (1765-1849) attracts attention.. Fort Augustaborg is constructed on the Danish Gold Coast.
Births 12 January Peter Nicolay Skibsted, naval officer (died 1832) 23 January Christopher Fabritius, silversmith born 1710) 29 June Broder Knud Brodersen Wigelsen, naval officer (died 1867) 4 September – Jørgen Hansen Koch, architect (died 1860) 6 September – Christian Waagepetersen, wine merchant and philanthropist (died 1840) 22 November – Rasmus Rask, scholar and philologist (died 1832) 20 December Ludvig Christian Brinck-Seidelin, civil servant, landowner and politician (died 1865)
Date unknown Johannes Flintoe, painter of landscapes and scenes from Scandinavian history (died 1870)
Deaths
19 January – Antoine-Nicolas le Sage de Fontenay, naval officer (born 1725) 27 December Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (born 1742)
Date unknown Anna Sofie Bülow, courtier (born 1745)
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