1742 in Denmark

Events from the year 1742 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 13 November– The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is founded as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state, Count Johan Ludvig Holstein and the history professor Hans Gram.

January–March

 * 5 February – Frederik Christian Willerup, sculptor (died 1819)
 * 16 February – Niels Lunde Reiersen, government official businessman (died 1795)

Apruk–June

 * 12 April – Søren Gyldendal, bookstore owner, publisher (died 1802)
 * 5 July – Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (died 1787)

July–September

 * 26 July – Edouard Suenson, business executive (died 1921)
 * 9 August – Johan Christian Schønheyder, bishop (died 1803)

October–December

 * 7 October – Johan Zoëga, entomologist and botanist (died 1788)
 * 9 October – Louise Nimb, restaurateur (died 1903)

Deaths

 * 22 September – Frederic Louis Norden, naval captain and explorer (born 1708)