1787 in Denmark

Decades:	1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s;
See also:	Other events of 1787; List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1787 in Denmark.

Incumbents

15–17 July: Student Riots in Filosofgangen.

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.^[2]

Illustration of the controversy between Høst and the Baden brothers from the magaxine Tiderne.

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..

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)

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

^ "Christian VII | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ "Sidste dag på Kirurgisk Akademi". Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen (in Danish). Retrieved 27 August 2023.