• Source: 1717 in Denmark

      • Events from the year 1717 in Denmark.


      Incumbents


      Monarch – Frederick IV
      Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested


      Events



      13–14 May – Battle of Gothenburg, battle of the Great Northern War.
      25 December – The Christmas Flood of 1717 affects the west coast of Sønderjylland.


      Undated


      Planters move from Saint Thomas to Saint John. leading to Denmark claiming the island in 1718.


      Births


      27 October – Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm, jurist and government official (died 1781)


      Deaths


      1 July – Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (born 1647)
      21 December – Gustav Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg, general (born 1641)


      References

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