Events from the 1560s in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick II * Steward of the Realm – Peder Oxe (from 1567)

Events

* 1561 –

Æbelholt Abbey Æbelholt Abbey ( da, Æbelholt Kloster) was an Augustinian monastery situated at Tjæreby in Hillerød municipality in North Zealand, Denmark. History William of Æbelholt The monastery was first established on Eskilsø Island in Roskilde ...

is demolished by royal order and much of its stone is used to construct Frederiksborg Castle. * 1565 – Herlufsholm School is established in Copenhagen.

Northern Seven Years' War

The Northern Seven Years' War broke out in 1563 between the

Kingdom of Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ...

and a coalition of

Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway (Danish and Norwegian: ) was an early modern multi-national and multi-lingual real unionFeldbæk 1998:11 consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including the then Norwegian overseas possessions: the Faroe I ...

, Lübeck, and Poland–Lithuania. The conflict was resolved in

1570 __NOTOC__ Year 1570 ( MDLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 8 – Ivan the Terrible begins the Massacre of Novgorod. * Januar ...

with the Treaty of Stettin. * 30 May 1563 – Battle of Bornholm * 11 September 1563 –

Battle of Öland The Battle of Öland was a naval battle between an allied Danish-Dutch fleet and the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, off the east coast of Öland on 1 June 1676. The battle was a part of the Scanian War (1675–79) fought for supremacy over th ...

* 9 November 1563 –

Battle of Mared Battle of Mared (''Slaget vid Mared'') was a battle during the Nordic Seven Years' War between the Swedish and Danish forces on 9 November 1563. The battle was held on the site of present-day locality Oskarström in Sweden. After the outbre ...

* 30–31 May 1564 – First battle of Öland * 12 July 1564 – Action of 12 July 1564 * 14 August 1564 – Action of 14 August 1564 * 4 September 1564 – The Ronneby Bloodbath take place in

Ronneby Ronneby is a locality and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 12,029 inhabitants in 2010. Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and in 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted Sweden's m ...

. * 21 May 1565 – Battle of Rügen * 4 June 1565 –

Action of 4 June 1565 This battle took place on 4 June 1565 between an Allied fleet of 33 Danish and Lübecker ships, under Trolle, and a Swedish fleet of perhaps 49 ships, under Klas Horn. Afterward, the Danes retired to Køge Bay, south of Copenhagen, where Trolle d ...

* 7 July 1565 –

Action of 7 July 1565 This battle in the Northern Seven Years' War took place on 7 July 1565 and was a decisive victory for a Swedish fleet of 49 ships, under Klas Horn, over a combined Danish and Lübecker fleet of 36 ships, under Otte Rud. Battle The Danish ''Dan ...

* 20 October 1565 – Battle of Axtorna * 26 July 1566 – Action of 26 July 1566 * 9 August 1566 –

Battle of Brobacka The Battle of Brobacka was fought in Alingsås between Sweden and Denmark on 9 August 1566. The Swedish army under command of Charles de Mornay successfully managed to ambush Daniel Rantzau and his Danish army on their arrival back from thei ...

* 18 and 22 November 1568 – the Treaties of Roskilde were negotiated, but ultimately not ratified. * November 1569 – Siege of Varberg

Births

1562 * 3 March – Gellio Sasceride, astronomer and physician (died

1610 Some have suggested that 1610 may mark the beginning of the Anthropocene, or the 'Age of Man', marking a fundamental change in the relationship between humans and the Earth system, but earlier starting dates (ca. 1000 C.E.) have received broa ...

) * 4 October – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, astronomer (died

1647 Events January–March * January 2 – Chinese bandit leader Zhang Xianzhong, who has ruled the Sichuan province since 1644, is killed at Xichong by a Qing archer after having been betrayed one of his officers, Liu Jinzhong. ...

) 1566 * 18 November – Sivert Beck, landowner and treasurer (died

1623 Events January–March * January 21 – **Viscount Falkland, England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, issues a proclamation ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave Ireland. The order frustrates negotiations between Protestant En ...

) 1567 * June 25 – Jacob Ulfeldt, diplomat, explorer, and chancellor (died

1630 Events January–March * January 2 – A shoemaker in Turin is found to have the first case of bubonic plague there as the plague of 1630 begins spreading through Italy. * January 5 – A team of Portuguese military advisers ...

)

Deaths

1560 * 3 January – Peder Palladius, bishop (born

1503 __NOTOC__ Year 1503 ( MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 20 – Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive rights to trade wit ...

) 1561 * 11 November –

Hans Tausen Hans Tausen (Tavsen) (1494 – 11 November 1561) was the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation in Denmark. He served as Bishop of Ribe and published the first translation of the Pentateuch into Danish in 1535. Background Ha ...

, Lutheran theologian (born

1494 Year 1494 ( MCDXCIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 4 – The Cetinje Octoechos (Цетињски октоих, an Eastern O ...

) 1565 * 21 June –

Jørgen Thygesen Brahe Jørgen Thygesen Brahe (''Jørgen Brahe til Tostrup i Skåne'') (1515 – June 21, 1565) was a member of the Danish nobility. Biography He was the son of Danish Councillor Thyge Axelsen Brahe til Tostrup (d. 1523) and brother of privy counci ...

, nobleman (born

1515 __NOTOC__ Year 1515 ( MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 25 – Francis I of France is crowned (reigns until 1547). * May 13 & ...

) * 25 June –

Herluf Trolle Herluf Trolle (14 January 1516 – 25 June 1565) was a Danish naval hero, Admiral of the Fleet and co-founder of Herlufsholm School (''Herlufsholm Skole og Gods''), a private boarding school at Næstved on the island of Zealand in Denmark. ...

, admiral (born

1516 __NOTOC__ Year 1516 ( MDXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January – Juan Díaz de Solís discovers the Río de la Plata (in future A ...

) * 11 October –

Otte Rud Otte Ruud, born 1520, died 1565, was a Danish-Norwegian admiral during the Northern Seven Years' War, who died in Swedish captivity. He spent his youth in foreign military service, and then held different fiefs from the King. Called up to duty duri ...

, admiral during the Northern Seven Years' War, died in Swedish captivity (born

1520 __NOTOC__ Year 1520 ( MDXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 19 – King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes, at ...

) * 12 December – Johan Rantzau, general and statesman (born

1492 Year 1492 ( MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. 1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West, Europe, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Spain, and the Ne ...

) 1569 * 29 June –

Otte Krumpen Otte Krumpen (1473–1569)E.Ebg. in Westrin, Th. (ed.): ''Nordisk familjebok'', Stockholm, vol. XV (1911), p. 84. was a Danish bureaucrat, who was Marshal of Denmark from 1554 to 1567, and held seignory over various land holdings throughout hi ...

, Marshal (born

1480 Year 1480 ( MCDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * March 6 – Treaty of Toledo: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the African ...

) * 9 October –

Mogens Gyldenstierne Mogens Henrikssen Gyldenstjerne of Restrup og Iversnæs (1485 or 1481 – 9 October 1569 in Copenhagen) was a Danish nobleman and member of the Council of the Realm, who belonged to the illustrious Gyldenstierne family. He led the defense of No ...

(born

1480s The 1480s decade ran from January 1, 1480, to December 31, 1489. Significant people * Robert Henryson Robert Henryson (Middle Scots: Robert Henrysoun) was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c. 1460–1500. Counted among the Sc ...

)

References

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Years of the 16th century in Denmark