Events from the year 1612 in

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Incumbents

* Monarch – Christian IV

Events

* 11 February – Danish forces attack the Swedish army at the

Battle of Vittsjö The Battle of Vittsjö was a battle between Sweden and Denmark-Norway that took place in 1612; it was more a case of the Swedes fleeing the Danes than a full-scale battle.http://www.zenker.se/Historia/Gustaf_II_Adolf/3_kriget_med_danmark.shtml ...

, forcing the army to flee north from Scania. * 21 February – The Battle of Skillingehed takes place in Halland between the Swedish army and forces led by Christian IV.

Christian Barnekow Christian Barnekow (28 July 1837 in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France – 20 March 1913 in Copenhagen) was a Danish nobleman and composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western ...

famously sacrifices his life to save King Christian IV's. * 26 August – A Norwegian peasant militia is ambushed by Scottish mercenaries at the

Battle of Kringen Battle of Kringen ( no, Slaget ved Kringen) involved an ambush by Norwegian peasant militia of Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War. The battle has since become a part of folklore ...

as part of the Kalmar War. Undated * Johanne Thomes is accused of witchcraft as part of the

Køge Huskors Køge Huskors was the name for a witch trial in the city of Køge in Denmark, which took place in 1608–1615. It is one of the best known witch trials in Denmark. It led to the execution of between fifteen and twenty women by burning at the stake. ...

witch trials.

Births

* 11 November –

August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (11 November 1612 – 6 May 1675) was a Danish-German prince and member of the House of Oldenburg. After acquiring the estate of Beck in Westfalen in 1646, he took the title of Duke o ...

, (died 1675 in the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...

) Undated *

Niels Aagaard Niels Lauritsen Aagaard (1612— abt. 22 January 1657), was probably the brother of the poet Christen Aagaard, was professor at Sorø Academy, in Denmark, where he also occupied the office of librarian. He died in 1657, at the age of forty-five ...

, librarian and scholar (died

1657 Events January–March * January 8 – Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed, in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell, by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London, and arrested. * Febru ...

)

Deaths

* 8 April –

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (26 June 1575 – 8 April 1612) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1597 to 1612 as the first spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark. Life Anne Catherine was born in Halle (Saale) and raised in Wolmirstedt. Her par ...

, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (Born 1575 in the Holy Roman Empire) Undated *

Godske Lindenov Godske Christoffersen Lindenov or Lindenow (d. 1612 Copenhagen) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was a commander on one of King Christian IV's expeditions to Greenland. Early life He was of the noble family Lindenov of Linders ...

, arctic explorer * Jørgen Dybvad, theologian and mathematician

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:1612 In Denmark 1610s in Denmark

Years of the 17th century in Denmark