1712 in Denmark

Events from the year 1712 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick IV
 * Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

 * 8 April – The Danish frigate Heyeren sinks in Præstø Ghord after being shot upon by the Swedish frigate Hvita Örn.
 * 11 April – Battle of Fladstrand, battle of the Great Northern War.
 * 11 May – The Danish ship of the line Fuen'' and four Danish frigates refuses an attack from six Swedish frigates north of Hirsholmene.
 * 1 July – The children of the theologian and landowner Hector Gottfried Masius are ennobled by letters patent with the name von der Maase.
 * 20 December – The Battle of Gadebusch.

Undated

 * Johan Peter Suhr, businessman (died 1785)