1490s in Denmark

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Events from the 1490s in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch — King John{{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}}
Steward of the Realm — Poul Laxmand

Events

;1492

Faxe Church is constructed on the foundation of an older church.

;1497

St. Clare's Priory is founded by King John I and Queen Christina with a gift of the former royal vegetable gardens in Copenhagen.

Births

12 November 1492 – Johan Rantzau, general and statesman (died 1565)
15 July 1497 – Francis of Denmark, son of John of Denmark (died 1511)

Undated

Jørgen Sadolin (c. 1490), Lutheran reformer (died 1559)
Peder Skram (c. 1497), naval admiral (died 1581)

Deaths

10 November 1495 – Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen consort of Denmark (born c. 1430 in Brandenburg)

Undated

After 10 August 1492 — Evert Grubbe, Chancellor of the Realm

References

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