1716 in Denmark

Events from the year 1716 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 8 March – The Battle of Høland.
 * 8 July – Battle of Dynekilen, battle of the Great Northern War.
 * 3 August – Martin Düssel and Christoffer Düssel are ennobled with letters patent under the name “von Falkenskiold”, founding the noble House of Falkenskiold.

Undated

 * Peter the Great visits Copenhagen. He ascends the Round Tower on horseback while visiting Copenhagen. His wife, Catherine I, reportedly ascended behind him in a carriage.
 * Johan Ludvig Holstein settles as a courtier and government official in Denmark.

Births

 * 24 July – Bolle Willum Luxdorph, government official and landowner (died 1788)

Full date missing

 * Peder Olsen Walløe, arctic explorer (died 1793)
 * Johann Georg Ziesenis, painter (died 1776)