1677 in Denmark
Events from the year 1677 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian V[1]
- Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
1–2 July: Battle of Køge Bay.
- 31 December – Christian V establishes the County oif Samsø for mistress Sophie Amalie Moth from the manors of Brattingsborg and Bisgård.
Scanian War
- 31 May–1 June – the naval Battle of Møn results in Danish-Norwegian victory.
- 11 June–5 July – Swedish forces hold off the Danish during the Siege of Malmö.
- 1–2 July – the Battle of Køge Bay results in a decisive Danish victory which helps to establish Niels Juel's reputation.
- 6–23 July – Danish-Norwegian forces siege the harbor town of Marstrand in the Battle of Marstrand.
- 14 July – the Battle of Landskrona results in Swedish victory.
- 28 August – the Battle of Uddevalla results in Danish-Norwegian victory.
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- Peder Hansen Resen publishes a fragment of his otherwise unpublished Atlas Danicus.
Births
- 8 August – Princess Sophia Hedwig, Danish princess (d. 1735)
Deaths
- 26 February – Steen Ottesen Brahe, military officer and landowner (b. 1623)
- 24 May – Anders Bording, poet and journalist (b. 1619)
- 9 August – Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov, Countess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1623)
References
- "Christian V | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- "1677" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
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