1772 in Denmark

Events from the year 1772 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Johann Friedrich Struensee (until 17 January), Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

 * 18 January – Queen Caroline Matilda, Johann Friedrich Struensee and Enevold Brandt were arrested and their rule ended in a palace coup.
 * 28 April – Struensee and Brandt are executed by beheading at the Eastern Commons outside Copenhagen. Afterwards their bodies are drawn and quartered.
 * 30 April – The Norwegian Society is founded in Copenhagen as a national venue for Norwegian students.
 * 16 May – A treaty between Christian VII and the Bey of Algiers brings an end to the Danish-Algerian War.
 * 14 October – Royal Danish Medical Society is founded.

Undated

 * Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark is designated as regent of Denmark.
 * Masquerades, horse races and foreign line dancers are prohibited.
 * The military language for use in writing and commands is changed from German to Danish.

Births

 * 17 June – Hans Peter Holm, naval officer (died 1812)
 * 19 August – Johan Frederik Bardenfleth, naval officer, court official and governor-general of the Danish West Indies (died 1833)

Deaths

 * April 28
 * Enevold Brandt, courtier (born 1738)
 * Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician, statesman, de facto regent of Denmark (born 1737)
 * 8 June – Ulrik Fredrik de Cicignon, military officer (born 1698)
 * 17 August – Christen Lindencrone, merchant and landowner (born 1703)
 * Johanne Seizberg, illustrator and teacher (born 1732)