Events from the 1490s in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch — King John * Steward of the Realm —

Poul Laxmand Poul is a Danish masculine given name. It is the Danish cognate of the name Paul. Poul may refer to: People * Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer *Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer *Poul Erik Andreasen (born 1949), Danish foot ...

Events

;1492 *

Faxe Church Faxe Church ( da, Faxe Kirke) is a Danish church located in the Diocese of Roskilde, in Faxe, Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand. It was built at the end of the 15th century on a site where there had originally been a Romanesque church. A n ...

is constructed on the foundation of an older church. ;1497 * St. Clare's Priory is founded by King

John I John I may refer to: People * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526 * John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna * John I o ...

and Queen Christina with a gift of the former royal vegetable gardens in Copenhagen.

Births

* 12 November 1492 – Johan Rantzau, general and statesman (died

1565 __NOTOC__ Year 1565 ( MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 3 – In the Tsardom of Russia, Ivan the Terrible originates the opr ...

) * 15 July 1497 – Francis of Denmark, son of John of Denmark (died

1511 Year 1511 ( MDXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * March 26 - The 1511 Idrija earthquake occurs, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''E ...

) Undated *

Jørgen Sadolin Jørgen Jensen Sadolin (c. 1490 – 29 December 1559 in Odense) was a Danish reformer, the son of Jens Christensen, a curate and subsequently a canon of Viborg Cathedral, and consequently, in all probability, born out of wedlock, as his Catholic op ...

(c. 1490), Lutheran reformer (died

1559 Year 1559 ( MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 15 – Elizabeth I of England is crowned, in Westminster Abbey. * February 27 ...

) *

Peder Skram Peder Skram (died 11 July 1581) was a Danish Admiral and naval hero. Biography Skram born between 1491 and 1503, on his father's estate at Urup near Horsens in Jutland, Denmark. He participated in military service during the Swedish War of L ...

(c. 1497), naval admiral (died

1581 1581 ( MDLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. Events Ja ...

)

Deaths

* 10 November 1495 – Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen consort of Denmark (born c. 1430 in

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

) Undated * After 10 August 1492 —

Evert Grubbe Evert Grubbe (died after 10 August 1492) was a Danish nobleman who served as Chancellor of the Realm from 1473 to 1486. Biography Grubbe was the son of Peder Grubbe of Alslev and Anne Sivertsdatter Blaa (died 1492 or later.).He is first mentioned ...

, Chancellor of the Realm

References

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