1687 in Denmark
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian V{{cite web|title=Christian V: Scandinavian king|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-V|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=18 November 2019|language=en|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213003940/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-V|url-status=live}}
- Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
- March {{ndash}} Adolph Esmit succeeds Christopher Heins as Governors of St. Thomas and St. John.
- 9 July {{ndash}} The Copenhagen Royal Fire Brigade os founded.
=Undated=
- The Krudttårnet gunpowder magazine is constructed in Frederikshavn.{{cite book|author = Olaf Lind|title = Jutland Architecture Guide|publisher = Danish Architectural Press|year = 2002|isbn = 8774072633|page = 18}}{{cite web|url = http://www.bangsbo.com/default.aspx?m=2&i=85|title = Krudttårnets historie|language = Danish|publisher = Bangsbo Museum|accessdate = 2012-10-09|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141126235556/http://www.bangsbo.com/default.aspx?m=2&i=85|archive-date = 2014-11-26|url-status = dead }}
- Hofmarschall Henrik Ulrik Lützow's town mansion is constructed on Stormgade in Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/h/kko_h-18.html|title=Holsteins Palæ|language=da|publisher=Selskabet for Købehavns Historie|access-date=2014-07-27|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002607/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/kko/h/kko_h-18.html|url-status=live}}
- Abraham Salomon becomes the first rabbi in Copenhagen.{{Cite web|title=Copenhagen - jewish heritage, history, synagogues, museums, areas and sites to visit|url=https://jguideeurope.org/en/region/denmark/copenhagen/|access-date=2022-11-18|website=JGuide Europe|language=en|archive-date=5 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205153541/https://jguideeurope.org/en/region/denmark/copenhagen/|url-status=live}} From 1766 until 1795, around 1,500 Jews worshipped in a small synagogue until it burned down.
Births
- 21 February {{ndash}} Prince William of Denmark, prince (died 1705)
- 21 July {{ndash}} Lars Benzon, judge and landowner (died 1741)
- 23 September {{ndash}} Adam Christopher Knuth, 1st Count of Knuthenborg (died 1736)
Deaths
- 3 February {{ndash}} Bernhard Keil, painter (born 1624)
- 17 March Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, princess (born 1629)
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