1450s in Denmark

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Events from the 1450s in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch — King Christian I{{cite web|title=Christian I: Scandinavian king|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-I-Scandinavian-king|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}

Events

;1450

;1451

  • Brønshøj Church is expanded with a tower.{{cite web|url=https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1451.html|title=1451|language=da|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928060049/https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1451.html|archive-date=2017-09-28|url-status=dead}}

;1454

  • The Royal Brewery on Slotsholmen is mentioned for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1454.html|title=1454|language=da|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928060118/https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1454.html|archive-date=2017-09-28|url-status=dead}}
  • The town of Billund ("Byllundt") is mentioned for the first time.

;1455

  • June – Denmark enters the Thirteen Years' War when Christian I declares war against Poland and the Prussian Confederation. This means nothing more than a disturbance in trade, however, since Denmark is still busy fighting with Sweden.
  • 14 September – Christian I confirms Copenhagen's old privileges and orders a refurbishment of its fortifications.{{cite web|url=https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1455.html|title=1455|language=da|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928060150/https://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1400/1455.html|archive-date=2017-09-28|url-status=dead}}

;1456

  • Christian I reassumes the title of Duke of Estonia in spite of the fact that Danish Estonia was sold in 1446.
  • The Battle of Bornholm (1456) takes place near the Danish island of Bornholm, between privateers from the city of Gdańsk (Danzig) and a transport convoy of Danish and Livonian ships which were attempting to bring supplies and reinforcements to the Teutonic Knights in Prussia.

;1457

Births

;1452

;1455

  • 2 February – John, King of Denmark (died 1513){{cite web|title=John: king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-king-of-Denmark-Norway-and-Sweden|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}

;1456

Deaths

;1459

  • c. June – Eric VII, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, deposed in 1439 (born c. 1381){{cite web|title=Erik VII: king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erik-VII|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}
  • 4 December – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (born 1401)

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