1781 in Denmark

Events from the year 1781 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events
Kilder
 * 18 June – The county of Lindenborg is established by Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann from the manors of Lindenborg, Gudumlund, Vildmosegaard, Tiendegården, Henriksdal, Louisendal and Thoruphedegård.

Births

 * 2 January – Frederik Michael Ernst Fabritius de Tengnagel, military officer and landscape painter (died 1849)
 * 12 June – Anne Marie Mangor, cookbook writer (died 1865)
 * 2 July – Erich Christian Werlauff, historian (died 1871)
 * 18 September – Andreas Buntzen, businessman (died 1830)
 * 2 October – Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman and insect collector (died 1868)
 * 12 October – Ludvig Mariboe, Norwegian businessman, publisher and politician (died 1841)
 * 11 November – Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman (died 1868)
 * 16 December – Caspar Henrik Wolfsen, privateer and customs inspector (died 1836)

Deaths

 * 22 February – Anna Magdalena Godiche, publisher (born 1721)
 * 17 March – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (born 1743)
 * 10 April – Reinhard Iselin, businessperson (born 1714 in Switzerland)
 * 30 August – Georg David Anthon, architect (born 1714 in Germany)