1570s in Denmark
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Events from the 1570s in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 December 1570 – the Treaty of Stettin is signed, ending the Northern Seven Years' War.
- 10 May 1572 – Povel Huitfeldt is appointed the first Governor-General of Norway.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Povel Huitfeldt|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein|last=Rian|author-link=Øystein Rian|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Povel_Huitfeldt|language=no|access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Stattholdere og visestattholdere i Norge 1572–1873|first=Tor Ragnar|last=Weidling|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor-last=Bolstad|editor-first=Erik|publisher=Norsk nettleksikon|location=Oslo|url=https://snl.no/Stattholdere_og_visestattholdere_i_Norge_1572–1873|language=no|access-date=5 June 2019}}
- 1574 – King Frederick II begins rebuilding Kronborg, transforming the medieval fortress into a Renaissance castle.{{cite journal|last=Donnelly|first=Marian C.|date=December 1984|title=Theaters in the Courts of Denmark and Sweden from Frederik II to Gustav III|journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians|volume=43|pages=328|doi=10.2307/990041|jstor=990041|number=4}}
- 1577 – Ludvig Munk is appointed Governor-General of Norway, succeeding Povel Huitfeldt.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ludvig Munk|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Magne|last=Njåstad|editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Ludvig_Munk/utdypning|language=no|access-date=9 October 2012}}
- 1579 – The construction of Skovsbo Castle is completed.
Births
1571
- 21 January – Johannes Isacius Pontanus, dutch historiographer (died 1639 in the Netherlands)
- Undated – Jonas Charisius, physician, politician, and ambassador (died 1619)
1572
- 11 February – Ellen Marsvin, noble, landowner (died 1649)
- 23 November – Albret Skeel, Admiral of the Realm (died 1639)
1573
- 25 August – Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (died 1625 in Germany)
1574
- 12 December – Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of Scotland, England and Ireland (died 1618)
1577
- 12 April – Christian IV, King of Denmark (died 1648){{cite web|title=Christian IV: Scandinavian king|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IV|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}
- 11 October – Jørgen Lunge, Rigsmarsk (died 1619)
1578
- 12 April – Otte Steensen Brahe, landowner and money lender (died 1651){{cite encyclopedia|year=1888|title=Brahe, Otte|encyclopedia=Dansk biografisk leksikon|publisher=Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag|location=Copenhagen|url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/2/0600.html|access-date=22 August 2020|last=Fridericia|first=Julius Albert|editor-last=Bricka|editor-first=Carl Frederik|editor-link=Carl Frederik Bricka|volume=II|page=598|language=da}}
- 30 December – Ulrik of Denmark, duke of Holstein and Schleswig (died 1624 in Germany){{cite encyclopedia|year=1904|title=Ulrik, 1578–1624, Hertug|encyclopedia=Dansk biografisk leksikon|publisher=Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag|location=Copenhagen|url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/18/0075.html|access-date=22 August 2020|last=Fridericia|first=Julius Albert|editor-last=Bricka|editor-first=Carl Frederik|editor-link=Carl Frederik Bricka|volume=XVIII|pages=73–75|language=da}}
- Undated – Christoffer Dybvad, mathematician (died 1622){{cite encyclopedia|title=Dybvad, Christoffer|encyclopedia=Dansk biografisk leksikon|first=H.F.|last=Rørdam|editor-first=Carl Frederik|editor-last=Bricka|editor-link=Carl Frederik Bricka|volume=IV|pages=370–373|publisher=Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag|location=Copenhagen|year=1890|url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/4/0372.html|language=da|access-date=22 August 2020}}
1579
- 6/10 April – Claus Daa, noble and admiral of the realm (died 1641)
- 3 July – Rigborg Brockenhuus, noble (died 1641)
Deaths
- 7 October 1571 – Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen consort of Denmark (born 1511 in Germany)
- 26 July 1574 – Birgitte Gøye, Danish noblewoman (born 1511)
- 24 October 1575 – Peder Oxe, statesman (born 1520)
- 11 November 1575 – Dorothea of Denmark, princess of Denmark and Duchess consort of Mecklenburg (born 1528)
- 15 April 1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Scottish nobleman, imprisoned in Denmark (born c. 1534){{cite web|title=Jarlen af Bothwell|url=http://www.historie-online.dk/boger/anmeldelser-5-5/15-1600-arene-renaessancen-33/jarlen-af-bothwell|access-date=22 August 2020|website=historie-online.dk|language=da}}
- 5 July 1579 – Christen Munk, Governor-general of Norway (born 1520)
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