1702 in Denmark

Events from the year 1702 in Denmark.

← 1701 1700 1699 1702 in Denmark → 1703 1704 1705
Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
See also:	Other events of 1702 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IV
• Grand Chancellor – Conrad von Reventlow

Events

• 21 February – Vornedskab is abolished on Zealand and Lolland-Falster (already abolished on Møn in 1696).
• 18 July – Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp succeeds his father as Duke of Schleswig.

Undated

• Moltke Mansion established
• Vornedskab abolished

Births

• 10 May – Abraham Lehn, landowner (died 1757)
• 1 August – Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, Danish nobleman (died 1728)

Deaths

• 5 January – Peder Luxdorph, judge and landowner (born 1648)
• 17 February – Peder Syv, philologist, folklorist and priest (born 1631)