1677 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1677 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1677 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V

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.^[1]
• The first Copenhagen Stocks House, a military prison, is completed at a site just south of the Nyboder barracks.^[1]
• 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• Peder Hansen Resen publishes a fragment of his otherwise unpublished Atlas Danicus.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

1. "1677" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Retrieved 2011-06-30.

See also