1659 in Denmark

• Monarch – Frederick III{{cite web |title=Frederick III {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-III-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 November 2019 |language=en}}
• Steward of the Realm: Joachim Gersdorff

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• 10 February and 11 – A Swedish siege of the city during the Second Northern War culminates in the Assault on Copenhagen results in Danish victory.
• March {{ndash}} The Danish Africa Company is founded in Glückstadt.
• 24 March – The citizens of Copenhagen are granted privileges of freedom as a reward for their contribution to the defence of the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1659.html|title=1659|language=da|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=2011-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225232753/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1659.html|archive-date=2012-02-25|url-status=dead}}
• 14 April {{ndash}} The first meeting in CopenhagenCouncil of 32 Men is held.
• 21 May – Signing of the Concert of The Hague, an outline of the common stance of England, France and the Dutch Republic regarding the Second Northern War.Treasure (1985), p. 484. The powers agree that the Swedish and Denmark shall settle for a peace treaty based on the Treaty of Roskilde,Frost (2004), p. 164 including free navigation through The SoundVan der Bijl (1995), p. 140. and the Baltic Sea based on the Treaty of Elbing.Rowen (2003), p. 88. The subsequent Dano-Swedish Peace of Copenhagen largely followed the terms dictated by the Concert of the Hague.Frijhoff & Spies (2004), p. 134; Van der Bijl (1995), p. 140.
• June – A Danish attempt to recapture Kronborg Castle fails. Oluf van Steenwinckel, believed to be the son of the architect Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, is one of the Danish participants in the attack and is afterwards executed by the Swedish.{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Arkitektur/Ren%C3%A6ssance/Oluf_van_Steenwinckel|title=Oluf van Steenwinckel|language=da|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=2010-01-03}}
• August 25 – Armistice followed by five days of peace negotiations in Copenhagen.
• 31 October {{ndash}} Dutch troops land at Kerteminde to assist Denmark against the Swedish invaders. Hans Schack, de Reyter and Henrik Bielke forces the Swedes out of the town.
• 14 November – The Battle of Nyborg results in Danish victory.

• The plague ravages Denmark, particularly Jutland, probably brought to the country by German and Polish mercenaries.
• Bornholm, previously part of Skåneland, rebels against Sweden, leading to its return to Denmark with the Treaty of Copenhagen the following year..
• Niels Stensen, later known as Nicolas Steno, embarks on his scientific research which will in time gain him a reputation as the father of both anatomy and geology.
• Simon van Slingelandt is appointed Dutch ambassador to Denmark.

• 19 October {{ndash}} Wilhelm Edingerm merchant and ship-owner (died 1733){{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Wilhelm_Edinger|title=Wilhelm Edinger|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}

• Margrethe Lasson, (first ever Danish) novelist (d. 1738)
• Justine Cathrine Rosenkrantz, lady-in-waiting, noble and spy (d. 1746)

• 10 August – Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (b. 1597)

• Oluf van Steenwinckel, builder, engineer, soldier
• Brita Scheel, noblewoman (b. 1638)

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