1684 in Denmark
Incumbents
Events
- 7 May – Christian V issues an order that deposes Adolph Esmit and names Gabriel Milan as Governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies.
- 6 November – The Engineer Regiment is founded.
Undated
- Royal Artillery Corps is founded in Copenhagen.
- Gustav Wilhelm von Wedel (1641–1717) is promoted to general in Norway.
Births
- 23 January – Christian Rantzau, Governor-general of Norway (died 1771)
- 26 July – Peder Benzon, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died 1735){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Myndigheder_og_politisk_styre/Deputeret/Lars_Benzon|title=Lars Benzon|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal|author=Th. Topsøe-Jensen|accessdate=April 1, 2019|language=da}}
- 30 November – Andreas Møller, portrait painter (died 1762)
Deaths
- 9 February – Otto Pogwisch, government official (born c. 1610)
- 18 April – Nikolaj Nissen, judge and landowner (born 1627)(von) Nissen and (von) Nissen-Benzon, Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1927 II, 73; 1929, 312; 1944, 112; 1953, 44
- 31 December – Hans Rostgaard, administrator (born 1625){{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Myndigheder_og_politisk_styre/Ridefoged/Hans_Rostgaard|title=Hans Rostgaard|language=da|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=23 August 2017}}
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