1740 in Denmark

Events from the year 1740 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VI
 * Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

 * The watchmaking company Jules Jurgensen is established.

Births

 * 12 October – Thomas Bugge, astronomer and surveyor (died 1815)
 * 21 November – Charlotte Baden, writer (died 1824)

Undated

 * Carl Adolph Castenschiold, landowner and chamberlain, born in the Danish West Indies (died 1820)
 * Hedevig Johanne Bagger, businesswoman (died 1822)
 * Jürgen Jurgensen's clockmaking company is founded.

Deaths

 * 19 January – Hans Seidelin, civil servant and landowner (born 1665)
 * 27 February – Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn, Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy (born 1686)
 * 19 July – Christian Christophersen Sehested, nobleman (born 1666)

Undated

 * Poul Christian Schindler, composer (born c. 1648)