1787 in Denmark

Events from the year 1787 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

 * 15–17 July – Students and soldiers fight in Filosofgangen in Copenhagen ("Studenterkrigen i Filosofgangen")).
 * 26 October – The Royal Danish Academy of Surgery on Bredgade in Copenhagen is inaugurated.

Undated

 * J. Cl. Todes Døtreskole, the first serious school for girls, is founded.
 * English: A controversy between the historian Jens Kragh Høst (1772-1844) and Jacob  Baden (1735-1840) and art historian Torkel Baden (1765-1849) attracts attention..

Births

 * 23 January – Christopher Fabritius, silversmith born 1710)
 * 29 June – Broder Knud Brodersen Wigelsen, naval officer (died 1867)
 * 4 September – Jørgen Hansen Koch, architect (died 1860)
 * 6 September – Christian Waagepetersen, wine merchant and philanthropist (died 1840)
 * 22 November – Rasmus Rask, scholar and philologist (died 1832)

Dete unknown

 * Johannes Flintoe, painter of landscapes and scenes from Scandinavian history (died 1870)

Deaths

 * 27 December – Henrik Gerner, naval officer and shipbuilder (born 1742)


 * Full date missing
 * Anna Sofie Bülow, courtier (born 1745)