1728 in Denmark
Events from the year 1728 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IV Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein Events 14 July – Vitus Bering begins his first exploration aboard the ship Gabriel and sailed northward from the Kamchatka Peninsula and through the strait that now bears his name. 20 October – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 breaks out. 23 October – The fire in Copenhagen finally dies out after destroying approximately 28% of the city and leaving 20% of its population homeless. Undated The Lille Grønnegade Theatre in Copenhagen, the first public theater in Denmark, is closed. A new town hall is built in Viborg next to Viborg Cathedral. The building now houses the Skovgaard Museum Births 26 June – Frederik Christian von Haven, philologist, theologian and patron of the arts (died 1763) 29 July Hermann Abbestée, governor of Danish India (died 1794) 18 October – Peter Frederik Suhm, historian (died 1798 Deaths 24 September – Frederik Krag, noble, civil servant (born 1655) References 1720s in Denmark Denmark Years of the 18th century in Denmark