1677 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1677 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch – Christian V[1]

Events[]

Battle of Køge Bay on 1–2 July. Painting by Claus Møinichen
  • May 31 – The naval Battle of Møn results in Danish victory.
  • July 1–2 – The Battle of Køge Bay results in a decisive Danish victory which helps to establish Niels Juel's reputation.
  • December 31 – King Christian V creates his mistress Sophie Amalie Moth countess of Samsø.

Undated[]

  • Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve's mansion which will later become known as Charlottenborg Palace is completed as the first building at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.[2]
  • The first Copenhagen Stocks House, a military prison, is completed at a site just south of the Nyboder barracks.[2]
  • The Abrahamstrup estate in Hornsherred becomes known as Jægerspris Castle.
  • Thomas Hansen Kingo is appointed Bishop of Funen.
  • Peder Hansen Resen publishes a fragment of his otherwise unpublished .

Births[]

  • August 8 – Princess Sophia Hedwig, Danish princess (d. 1735)

Full date unknown[]

Deaths[]

  • May 24 – Anders Bording, poet and journalist (b. 1619)
  • August 9 – Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov, Countess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. )

References[]

  1. ^ "Christian V | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "1677" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
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