1779 in Denmark

Events from the year 1779 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Music

 * Johann Hartmann's music for Johannes Ewald's opera The Death of Vader (premiered 1778) is used for the first time.

Births

 * 7 March — Conrad Christian Bøhndel, painter and lithographer (died 1847)
 * 3 August – Peter Atke Castberg, physician (died 1823)
 * 4 April – Julius Høegh-Guldberg, officer and politician (died 1861)
 * 25 August – Andreas Schifter (died 1852)
 * 14 November – Adam Oehlenschläger, poet (died 1850)

Deaths

 * 30 September – Johan Christian Conradi, German-Danish master builder and architect (born 1709)