Events from the year 1798 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VII Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Events May 9 May The County of Vrahesminde is established by Preben Bille-Brahe from the manors of af Hvedholm, Damsbo, Stensgård and Østrupgård.
June 20 June – The abolishment of the Stavnsbånd, a serfdom-like institution originally introduced in 1733. The implementation was gradual.
Undated
Births 4 June – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (died 1870) 19 July – Christian August, future Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1869) 11 October – Thomas Overskou, actor, playwright and historian (died 1873) 13 October – Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (died 1868) 18 December – Emil Normann, painter (died 1881)
Deaths
7 September – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (born 1728) 21 October Thomas de Malleville, colonial administrator (born 1739) 1 December Michael Gottlieb Birckner, priest and philosopher (born 1756) 11 November Peter Uldall, Supreme Court attorney, Public Prosecutor General and burgermaster (born 1743) 20 December – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (born 1742)
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