1770 in Denmark

Events from the year 1770 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (until 13 September), Johann Friedrich Struensee

Events

 * 26 March - It is reported that it is possible to walk across the ice from Helsingør to Scania.
 * 2 May - A Royal Danish Navy fleet bound for Algiers departs from Copenhagen to bomb the city in response to the recurrent pirate attacks in the Mediterranean Sea.

Births

 * 2 March - Johan Ernst Hartmann, organist and composer (died 1844)
 * 20 July - Hans Munk, physician (died 1848)
 * 29 September - Jacob Holm, industrialist, ship owner and ship builder (died 1845)
 * 19 November - Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor (died 1844)
 * 3 August - Jacob Holm, businessman (died 1845)
 * 11 November – Christopher Schøller Bülow, landowner and county governor (died 1830 in Germany)

Deaths

 * 27 May – Queen Sophia Magdalene, queen of Denmark (born 1700)
 * 23 September – Utilia Lenkiewitz, actress (born 1711)