1666 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1666 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Frederick III[1]
Events
[edit]- 11 February; Denmark-Norway agrees an offensive alliance with the Dutch Republic against England, and enters the Second Anglo-Dutch War;
- 1 August – Anders Bording's Den Danske Mercurius, Denmark's first newspaper, is published for the first time.
Undated
[edit]- Holmen Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Denmark still in use, relocates to its current location in Østerbro
Births
[edit]- 22 February – Christian Christophersen Sehested, nobleman (died 1740)
- 16 June – Johan Conrad Ernst, architect (died 1750)
Deaths
[edit]- 23 September – Hannibal Sehested, diplomat (born 1609)
- 30 October – Iver Krabbe, nobleman and military officer (born 1602)
References
[edit]- ^ "Frederick III | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
