Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/1619-in-denmark

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1619 in Denmark

none

1619 in Denmark

none

Events from the year 1619 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Christian IV

Events

19 February: Ove Gjedde captures two French privateers at Cape Verde.
  • 19 February Ove Gjedde captures two French privateers off Cape Verde.
  • 6 April – A royal decree states that everybody who builds a "good house" in Christianshavn will get a deed on the lots and several years of tax discounts.
  • 9 May – King Christian IV sends out an expedition led by Jens Munk to find the North-West Passage.
  • 5 September – Church of Holmen is inaugurated in the former naval anchor forge in Copenhagen.

Undated

  • An outbreak of plague hits Copenhagen, killing 7,000 people in the period 1619-20.
  • Reinhold Timm is engaged as drawing teacher at Aorø Academy.

Births

  • 21 January – Anders Bording, poet and journalist (died 1677)
  • 17 April – Birgitte Thott, translator, writer and feminist (died 1662)
  • 20 September – Sophie Elisabeth Pentz, countess (died 1657) Full date unknown
  • Anne Palles, alleged witch (died 1693)

Deaths

  • 19 August – Jørgen Lunge, Rigsmarsk (born 1577)
  • November – Jonas Charisius, physician, politician, and ambassador (born 1571) Full date unknown
  • Lorenz van Steenwinckel, architect (born 1585)

References

References

  1. "Christian IV: Scandinavian king".
  2. "1619". Selskabet for Københavns Historie.
  3. "ELCA Family History Answer to 1619 question".
  4. "Reinhold Timm". Gyldendal.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1619-in-denmark 1619-by-country years-of-the-17th-century-in-denmark
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1619 in Denmark — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report