1774 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian VII
• Prime minister - Ove Høegh-Guldberg

  Events

• 31 January - The Royal Danish Theatre reopens on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen..
• 27 November - The Order of the Chain is founded in Copenhagen.

  Undated

Births

• 5 March - Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer
• 15 March – Salomon Soldin, publisher and writer
• 11 June - Christian Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe, councillor, board member, landowner and magistrate

  Deaths

• 13 August - Peter Applebye, industrialist
• 24 December - Peter Fenger