1743 in Denmark

Events from the year 1743 in Denmark.

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See also:	Other events of 1743 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VI
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 2 August –
  • The Barony of Christiansdal is established by Ide Margrethe Reventlow from the manors of Adserstrup and Grimsted.
  • The Barony of Conradsborg is established by Ide Margrethe Reventlow for her son Christian Frederik Knuth from the manors of Sørup, Sandbygård and Rosengård.
• 30 December – Christian VI grants Johan Sigismund Schulin the Frederiksdal estate north of Copenhagen as a New Year present.

Undated

• Adam Gottlob Moltke assumes the post of Court Marshal, secured for him by crown prince Frederick, later King Frederick V.

Births

• 11 June – Arnoldus von Falkenskiold, colonel (died 1819)
• September 11 – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, painter (died 1809)
• October 2 or 14 – Erik Pauelsen, painter (died 1790)
• 18 November – Johannes Ewald, dramatist, poet (died 1781)
• November 29 – Joachim Castenschiold, military officer (died 1817)

Deaths

• January 7 – Anne Sophie Reventlow, royal mistress, spouse by bigamy, later queen consort (born 1693)