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1677 in Denmark

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1677 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1677 in Denmark.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Christian V

    • Events

  • 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.
  • The first Copenhagen Stocks House, a military prison, is completed at a site just south of the Nyboder barracks.
  • 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  • Peder Hansen Resen publishes a fragment of his otherwise unpublished Atlas Danicus.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

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

    • Deaths

  • May 24 – Anders Bording, poet and journalist (b. 1619)
  • August 9 – Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov, Countess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1623)

    • References

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