Events from the 1540s in Denmark.
Incumbents
* Monarch –
Christian III
*
Steward of the Realm –
Mogens Gøye (until 1544),
Eske Bille
Eske Bille (born ca. 1480, died 9 February 1552) was a Danish diplomat and statesman Biography
In 1510, he was made governor and commander at Copenhagen Castle. In 1514 he was transferred to Hagenskov on Funen.
He served as Commander of Bergenhu ...
(from 1547)
Events
Births
1542
* 9 November –
Anders Sørensen Vedel, priest and historiographer (died
1616
Events
January–June
* January
** Six-year-old António Vieira arrives from Portugal, with his parents, in Bahia (present-day Salvador) in Colonial Brazil, where he will become a diplomat, noted author, leading figure of the Church, an ...
)
1543
*
Anders Foss, bishop (died
1607
Events
January–June
* January 13 – The Bank of Genoa fails, after the announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
* January 19 – San Agustin Church, Manila, is officially completed; by the 21st century it will be the ...
).
1546
* 29 June –
Dorothea of Denmark, duchess (died
1617
Events
January–June
* February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingria and Kexholm.
* April 14 – Second Battle of Playa Honda: The Spanish navy defeats a Dutch f ...
)
* 11 September –
Arild Huitfeldt, historian (died
1609
Events
January–June
* January – The Basque witch trials begin.
* January 15 – One of the world's first newspapers, ''Avisa Relation oder Zeitung'', begins publication in Wolfenbüttel (Holy Roman Empire).
* January 3 ...
)
* 14 December –
Tycho Brahe, astronomer (died
1601
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Jan ...
)
1548
*
Magnus Heinason
Magnus Heinason (Mogens Heinesøn) (1548 – 18 January 1589) was a Faroese naval hero, trader and privateer.
Magnus Heinason served William the Silent and his son Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange for 10 years as a privateer, fighting t ...
,
Faroese sailor and
privateer
A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...
(died
1589
Events
January–June
* War of the Three Henrys: In France, the Catholic League is in rebellion against King Henry III, in revenge for his murder of Henry I, Duke of Guise in December 1588. The King makes peace with his old riv ...
)
Date unknown
*
Ingeborg Skeel (c. 1545), landowner and county sheriff (died
1604
Events
January–June
* January 1 – '' The Masque of Indian and China Knights'' is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court.
* January 14 – The Hampton Court Conference is held between James I of England ...
)
Deaths
1544
* April 6 –
Mogens Gøye, statesman (born
c. 1470)
References
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Years of the 16th century in Denmark