1660 in Denmark
Incumbents
- 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 (until October, office disbanded)
Events
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- 27 May – The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed, marking the conclusion of the Second Northern War.
- 31 May – The Swedish troops depart from their camps outside Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1660.html|title=1660|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=2011-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225232824/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1660.html|archive-date=2012-02-25|url-status=dead}}
- 11 July – The city gates of Copenhagen re-opens and trade returns to normal.
- 10 September – The estates gather at Copenhagen Castle to solve the financial problems faced after the wars and Frederick plays the different estates against each other.{{cite web|url=http://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/enevaeldens-indfoerelse-1660-1661/|title=Enevældens indførelse 1660-1661|language=da|publisher=danmarkshistorie.dk|access-date=2011-06-23}}
- 10 October – The 1660 Danish state of emergency is declared by the king with the purpose of putting pressure on the nobility, a move which proves successful.
- 13 October – Bishop Hans Svane publicly offers the Heraldry Kingdom to the annulment of the Håndfæstning, and the institution of absolute monarchy is instituted by decree.
- 14 October – A Constituent Commission set up by the king meets for the first time to embark on the task of drawing up a new constitution but unable to agree it simply decides to cancel the existing Håndfæstning and leave it to the king to write the new constitution.
- 17 October – Extensive celebrations pay homage to the new Heraldry King.
- 4 November – The Chancellery and the "Geheime-statsrådet" are established.
Births
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Deaths
- 5 June – Anne Holck, noblewoman (born 1602)
- 19 December – Ove Gjedde, admiral (born 1594)
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