1808 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian VII, Frederick VI
• Prime minister - Christian Günther von Bernstorff

  Events

• 2 March – Action of 2, a naval battle between the British 18-gun Brig-sloop, and the Danish 28-gun Danish brig of war Admiral Yawl
• 20 March – In the Battle of Zealand Point, Prins Christian, the last Danish ship-of-the-line, is defeated by a British squadron off Sjællands Odde. Peter Willemoes are among the Danish casualties.
• 9 June – The Battle of Saltholm

  Undated

Births

• 3 January – Jørgen Roed, painter
• 25 September – Erling Eckersberg, engraver
• 6 October – Frederick VII, king of Denmark

  Deaths

• 16 January – John Brown, merchant and ship-owner
• 7 February – Ove Høegh-Guldberg, statesman, historian, and de facto prime minister of Denmark
• 3 March – Johan Christian Fabricius, zoologist
• 13 March – Christian VII, king of Denmark
• 22 March – Peter Willemoes, naval officer