1666 in Denmark

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{{Year in Denmark|1666}}

Events from the year 1666 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}}

Events

11 February; Denmark-Norway agrees an offensive alliance with the Dutch Republic against England, and enters the Second Anglo-Dutch War;
1 August – Anders Bording's Den Danske Mercurius, Denmark's first newspaper, is published for the first time.

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Holmen Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Denmark still in use, relocates to its current location in Østerbro

Births

22 February – Christian Christophersen Sehested, nobleman (died 1740)
16 June – Johan Conrad Ernst, architect (died 1750)

Deaths

23 September {{ndash}} Hannibal Sehested, diplomat (born 1609)
30 October – Iver Krabbe, nobleman and military officer (born 1602)

References

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Category:Years of the 17th century in Denmark