Events from the year 1629 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Events

* 22 May – Christian IV signs the

Treaty of Lübeck Treaty or Peace of Lübeck ( da, Freden i Lübeck, german: Lübecker Frieden) ended the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War (Low Saxon or Emperor's War, Kejserkrigen). It was signed in Lübeck on 22 May 1629 by Albrecht von Wallenstein a ...

, bringing an end to Denmark's intervention in the Thirty Years' War. * 25 July The County of Christiansborg (from 1741: The County of

Christianssæde Christianssæde is a manor house and estate located close to Maribo on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark. History Early history Taastrup was in 1397 owned by Henning Lydersen Kabel. After his death, in about 1440, it was passed to his ...

) is established by Christian Detlev Reventlow from the manors f

, Ålstrup, Skelstofte and

Pederstrup Pederstrup is a historic manor house located north of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. The half-timbered building from 1686 was rebuilt from 1813 to 1822 in the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style by the statesman Christian Dit ...

as well as the farm (''parcelgård'') Frihedsminde.

Undated

* A fire destroys much of Kronborg Castle but it is subsequently rebuilt. * Bech's Windmill is constructed in

Svaneke Svaneke (''Swencke'' in 1410, from old Danish ''swan'' swan and ''*wīka'' inlet) is a small town on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. It lies mainly in Svaneke parish and partly in Ibsker parish. It is Denmark's east ...

Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...

Births

* 7 May – Niels Juel, naval officer (died

1697 Events January–March * January 8 – Thomas Aikenhead is hanged outside Edinburgh, becoming the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy. * January 11 – French writer Charles Perrault releases the book ''Histoires ou ...

) * 1 September – Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, daughter of Christian IV and catholic nun (died 1687 in Germany)

Full date missing

Jens Foss Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) * Jenssi Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) i ...

, physician (died

1687 Events January–March * January 3 – With the end of latest of the Savoyard–Waldensian wars in the Duchy of Savoy between the Savoyard government and Protestant Italians known as the Waldensians, Victor Amadeus III of Sardi ...

)

Deaths

* 13 July – Caspar Bartholin the Elder, scientist (born

1585 Events January–June * January – The Netherlands adopts the Gregorian calendar. * February – The Spanish seize Brussels. * April 24 – Pope Sixtus V succeeds Pope Gregory XIII, as the 227th pope. * May 19 – S ...

)

Full date missing

Kirsten Madsdatter Kirsten Madsdatter (died 1629) was King Christian IV of Denmark Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 3 ...

, royal mistress

References

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