{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Year in Denmark|1746}} Events from the year '''1746 in Denmark'''.

==Incumbents== * Monarch – Christian VI (until 6 August),<ref name=Christian>{{cite web|title=Christian VI: Scandinavian king|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-VI|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=18 November 2019|language=en}}</ref> Frederick V<ref name=Frederick>{{cite web|title=Frederick V: king of Denmark and Norway|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-V-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=18 November 2019|language=en}}</ref> * Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

==Events== * 23 March {{ndash}} The County of Ledreborg is established by Johan Ludvig Holstein from the manors of Ledreborg and Skullerupholm as well as Hulegården, Kornerupgård, Breientvedgården, Bonderup (sold 1764), Næsbyholm (sold 1764) and Bavelse (sold 1764).

==Births== [[File:Sophie magdalenequeenofdenmark.jpg|thumb|120px|Sophia Magdalena of Denmark.]] * 17 March {{ndash}} Adolph Tobias Herbst, naval officer (died 1825) *7 April {{ndash}} Johann Andreas Mühlensteth, pharmacist (died 1819) * 8 May {{ndash}} Peter Hansen, bishop (died 1810) *2 July – Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer (died 1832) *3 July – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden (died 1813 in Sweden) * 5 August {{ndash}} Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourierm Danish Asiatic Company trader and landowner (died 1836) * 22 August {{ndash}} Johan Henrik Knuth, county governor and landowner (died 1802)

=== Fill date missing=== * Hans Egede Saabye, priest and missionary (died 1817) * Birgitte Sofie Gabel, noble and courtier (died 1769)

==Deaths== [[File:Michael Fabritius (1697-1746).jpg|thumb|120px|Michael Fabritius-]] * 1 August – Justine Cathrine Rosenkrantz, lady-in-waiting, noble and spy (born 1659) * 6 August – Christian VI, King of Denmark (born 1699)<ref name=Christian /> * 13 November – Michael Fabritius, businessman (died 1697) * 27 December {{ndash}} Ulrich Kaas, naval officer (born 1677)

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