1570s in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick II
• Steward of the Realm – Peder Oxe (until 1575)

Events

• 13 December 1570 – the Treaty of Stettin is signed, ending the Northern Seven Years' War.
• 10 May 1572 – Povel Huitfeldt is appointed the first Governor-General of Norway.
• 25 June Oluf Mouritsen Krognos, privy councillor and landowner (born 1535)
• 1574 – King Frederick II begins rebuilding Kronborg, transforming the medieval fortress into a Renaissance castle.
• 1577 – Ludvig Munk is appointed Governor-General of Norway, succeeding Povel Huitfeldt.
• 1579 – The construction of Skovsbo Castle is completed.

Births

1571

• 21 January – Johannes Isacius Pontanus, dutch historiographer (died 1639 in the Netherlands)
• Undated – Jonas Charisius, physician, politician, and ambassador (died 1619)

1572

• 11 February – Ellen Marsvin, noble, landowner (died 1649)

• 23 November – Albret Skeel, Admiral of the Realm (died 1639) 1573

• 25 August – Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (died 1625 in Germany)

1574

• 12 December – Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of Scotland, England and Ireland (died 1618) 1577

• 12 April – Christian IV, King of Denmark (died 1648)

• 11 October – Jørgen Lunge, Rigsmarsk (died 1619) 1578

• 12 April – Otte Steensen Brahe, landowner and money lender (died 1651)

• 30 December – Ulrik of Denmark, duke of Holstein and Schleswig (died 1624 in Germany)

• Undated – Christoffer Dybvad, mathematician (died 1622) 1579

• 6/10 April – Claus Daa, noble and admiral of the realm (died 1641)

• 3 July – Rigborg Brockenhuus, noble (died 1641)

Deaths

• 7 October 1571 – Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen consort of Denmark (born 1511 in Germany)
• 26 July 1574 – Birgitte Gøye, Danish noblewoman (born 1511)
• 24 October 1575 – Peder Oxe, statesman (born 1520)
• 11 November 1575 – Dorothea of Denmark, princess of Denmark and Duchess consort of Mecklenburg (born 1528)
• 15 April 1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Scottish nobleman, imprisoned in Denmark (born c. 1534)
• 5 July 1579 – Christen Munk, Governor-general of Norway (born 1520)

References

References

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