1717 in Denmark

Events from the year 1717 in Denmark.

← 1716 1715 1714 1717 in Denmark → 1718 1719 1720
Decades:	1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
See also:	Other events of 1717 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IV
• Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

Tordenskiolds Attaque paa Strömstad Ao 1717.

• 13–14 May – Battle of Gothenburg, battle of the Great Northern War.
• 25 December – The Christmas Flood of 1717 affects the west coast of Sønderjylland.

Undated

• Planters move from Saint Thomas to Saint John. leading to Denmark claiming the island in 1718.

Births

• 27 October – Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm, jurist and government official (died 1781)

Deaths

• 1 July – Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (born 1647)
• 21 December – Gustav Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg, general (born 1641)