1766 in Denmark

Events from the year 1766 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick V (until 14 January), Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

Events

 * 14 January – Crown Prince Christian becomes King Christian VII of Denmark.
 * 9 September – when Christian VII sells most of the royal holdings on the island of Falster (divided into 10 estates) by auction to make payments on Denmark's sovereign debt


 * Kongens Stubbekøbingjorder (Carlsfelt) is sold to Jørgen Schiønning on behalf of Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel.
 * Corselitze is sold to Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel-,
 * Egensegård (later Valnæsgård is sold to Hans Bergeshagen,
 * Gjedsergaard is sold to Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt-
 * Hvededahl
 * Orupgaard is sold to  Christian Hincheldey.
 * Skiørringgaard
 * Slangerup
 * Klodskov (Estate No. 7, later Vennerslund) is sold to Peter Thestrup for 59724 rigsdale.
 * Vesterborg
 * Skørringe os sold to Ole Jensen Stampe.


 * 20 October - Christian Tychsen is appointed as governor of the Danish Gold Coast as the first on a regular basis.
 * 4 November Wedding of Gustav III and Sophia Magdalena
 * 8 November
 * The wedding of King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain takes place at Christiansborg Palace accompanied by extensive celebrations throughout the city.
 * The event is in the same time the inauguration of the Great Hall of the still not completed royal palace..

Undated

 * Anna Sophie Magdalene Frederikke Ulrikke demands a pension from the Danish royal house with the claim that she was the illegitimate daughter of King Christian VI.

Theatre

 * 14 November – Henrik Ibsen's The Pillars of Society premieres at Odense Theatre.

Deaths

 * January 14 – Frederick V, Danish king (born 1723)
 * * 7 May – Just Fabritius, businessman (born 1703)
 * September 17 – Philip de Lange, architect (born c. 1705)
 * 6 October – Christian Steen, bookseller and publisher (died 1861)