Events from the year 1740 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian VI
- Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events
- The watchmaking company Jules Jurgensen is established.
Births
- 12 October – Thomas Bugge, astronomer and surveyor (died 1815)
- 21 November – Charlotte Baden, writer (died 1824)
Undated
- Carl Adolph Castenschiold, landowner and chamberlain, born in the Danish West Indies (died 1820)
- Hedevig Johanne Bagger, businesswoman (died 1822)
- Jürgen Jurgensen's clockmaking company is founded.
Deaths
- 19 January – Hans Seidelin, civil servant and landowner (born 1665)
- 27 February – Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn, Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy (born 1686)
- 19 July – Christian Christophersen Sehested, nobleman (born 1666)
Undated
- Poul Christian Schindler, composer (born c. 1648)
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