1500s in Denmark
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Events from the 1500s in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
;1500
- 17 February {{ndash}} The Danish troops are defeated in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
;1502
- Tyge Krabbe succeeds Eskil Gøye as Marshal of the Realm
Births
File:Denne Gravsteen, 1560, som er af lysgraa Marmor over Eskil Gøye.jpg of Eskul Gøye. Drawing by Søren Abildgaard, 1769.]]
- August 12 1503 – Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway (died 1559){{cite web|title=Christian III: Scandinavian king|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-III|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}
- 1503 – Hans Svaning, historian (died 1584)
- 1503 – Peder Palladius, bishop (died 1560)
- 1 August 1504 – Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (died 1547 in Germany)
Deaths
;1506
- 20 April {{ndash}} Eskil Gøye, Marshal of the Realm and landowner
References
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