1659 in Denmark

Events from the year 1659 in Denmark.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Births 3.1 Full date unknown 4 Deaths 4.1 Full date unknown 5 References 6 See also

Incumbents

• Monarch – King Frederick III
• Steward of the Realm: Joachim Gersdorff

Events

• February 10 and 11 – A Swedish siege of the city during the Second Northern War culminates in the Assault on Copenhagen results in Danish victory.
• March 24 – The citizens of Copenhagen are granted privileges of freedom as a reward for their contribution to the defence of the country.^[1]
• May 21 – Signing of the Concert of The Hague, an outline of the common stance of England, France and the Dutch Republic regarding the Second Northern War.^[2] The powers agree that the Swedish and Denmark shall settle for a peace treaty based on the Treaty of Roskilde,^[3] including free navigation through The Sound^[4] and the Baltic Sea based on the Treaty of Elbing.^[5] The subsequent Dano-Swedish Peace of Copenhagen largely followed the terms dictated by the Concert of the Hague.^[6]
• June – A Danish attempt to recapture Kronborg Castle fails. Oluf van Steenwinckel, believed to be the son fo the architect Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, is one of the Danish participants in the attack and is afterwards executed by the Swedish.^[7]
• November 14 – The Battle of Nyborg results in Danish victory.
• August 25 – Armistice followed by five days of peace negotiations in Copenhagen.^[1]

Undated

• The plague ravages Denmark, particularly Jutland, probably brought to the country by German and Polish mercenaries.
• Bornholm, previously part of Skåneland, rebels against Sweden, leading to its return to Denmark with the Treaty of Copenhagen the following year..
• Niels Stensen, later known as Nicolas Steno, embarks on his scientific research which will in time gain him a reputation as the father of both anatomy and geology.
• Simon van Slingelandt is appointed Dutch ambassador to Denmark.

Births

Full date unknown

• Margrethe Lasson, (first ever Danish) novelist (d. 1738)
• Justine Cathrine Rosenkrantz, lady-in-waiting, noble and spy (d. 1746)

Deaths

• August 10– Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (b. 1597)

Full date unknown

• Oluf van Steenwinckel, builder, engineer, soldier
• Brita Scheel, noblerwoman (b. 1638)

References

See also

Years in Denmark (1800–present) 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012