Events from the year 1797 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (until 21 June), Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events
March 1 March Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution.
May 16 May HDMS Najaden in battle with local ships off Tripoli. 21 June – Prime Minister Andreas Peter Bernstorff dies, and is replaced by his son, Christian Günther von Bernstorff.
July 5 July – Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow, is appointed to Minister of the State.
Culture Art Jens Juel paints Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe.
Births 1 May Ernst Meyer, politician (died 1751) 22 May – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died 1862) 20 June – Georg Frederik Ursin, mathematician and astronomer (died 1849) 29 July Sophus August Wilhelm Stein, physician (died 1868) 7 October – Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (died 1861) 20 August – Johan Frederik Møller, painter and photographer (died 1871) 25 August – Henrik Hertz, poet during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870)
Deaths 2 January Adolph Sigfried von der Osten, diplomat (born 1726)
5 April Georg Mathias Fuchs, painter (born 1719) 28 May – Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (born 1761) 20 June Henrik Fisker, naval officer (born 1720) 21 June – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, politician (born 1735) 15 July Johan Cornelius Krieger, naval officer (born 1725) 29 August – Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (born 1768) 5 December Steen Andersen Bille, naval officer (died 1883) 19 December – Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (born 1729)
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