Events from the year 1792 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
Events May 16 May Denmark declares transatlantic slave trade illegal after 1803 (though slavery continues until 1848)The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery, Volume 1 By Junius P. Rodriguez The Medal of Merit is established.
December 1 December HDMS Nidelven is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
7 December HDMS Skjold is launched in Copenhagen.
Date unknown N. Schiøtt & Hochbrandt is founded.
Births
14 January – Christian de Meza, Commander (died 1865) 19 February Lucie Ingemannm painter (died 1868) 2 April – Johannes Theodorus Suhr, merchant and industrialist (died 1858) 12 June William Frederik Duntzfelt, businessman (died 1863) 26 June – Christian Albrecht Jensen, portrait painter during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870) 7 July Hans Hedemann, military officer /died 1959 in Norway) 6 August Frederikke Dannemand, royal mistress (died 1862) 12 August – Hans Harder, painter and drawing master (died 1873) 20 September Ida Brunm socialite (died 1857) 29 September – Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach, theologian (died 1862) 22 November – Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (died 1863)
Deaths
22 April Alexander Walker Ross, military officer (born 1710) 24 March – Johan Frederik Classen, Danish-Norwegian industrialist and philanthropist (born 1725) 18 July – Christine Sophie von Gähler, courtier (born 1745) 25 September – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Lord Chamberlain to Frederick V (born 1710) 29 October Cathrine Marie Gielstrup, stage actress (born 1755)
Full date missing Peter Thorstensen, physician and chemist (born 1862)
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