1759 in Denmark

Events from the year 1759 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick V
 * Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events
Undated
 * Construction of Christian's Church, Copenhagen is completed.
 * The settlement of Aasiaat is founded as Egedesminde in Greenland.
 * The village of Havredal is founded.

Births

 * 15 January – Jørgen Mandix, judge (died 1835)
 * 14 July – Frederik Gottschalk von Haxthausen, Danish military officer and Norway's first minister of finance (died 1825)
 * 19 July – Christopher Friedenreich Hage, merchant (died 1849)
 * 5 April – Erik Viborg, veterinarian and botanist (died 1822)

Deaths

 * 4 April – Christoffer Foltmar, painter and organist (born 1718)
 * 9 May – Johan Friederich Wewer, merchant (born 1699)
 * 5 September – Lauritz de Thurah, architect (born 1706)
 * 6 October – Johann Gottfried Burman Becker, pharmacist, writer and illustrator (died 1860)
 * 29 October – Anne Dorthe Lund, actress (date of birth unknown)