1771 in Denmark

Events from the year 1771 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Johann Friedrich Struensee

Events

 * January - Mathildeordenen is created.
 * 15 June – Hof- og Stadsretten is established by royal charter in an attempt to rationalize the chaotic Danish court system.

Undated

 * The Royal Theatre Ballet School in Copenhagen is founded.
 * The company later known as H. H. Thiele is founded by Johan Rudolph Thiele.

Births

 * 20 February – Jørgen Conradt, coppersmith (died 1851)
 * 10 February – Lars Bache, ferryman and privateer (died 1809)
 * 26 February – Cornelius Høyer, painter (died 1804)
 * 24 May – Prince Frederik of Hesse, nobleman, general and governor (died 1845)
 * 7 July – Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg (died 1843)

Deaths

 * 16 April – Christian Rantzau, Governor-general of Norway (born 1684)
 * 28 May – Gerhard Morell. art dealer and keeper of Kunstkammeret (born c. 1710)