1685 in Denmark

none February 2022 1685 Events from the year 1685 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Christian VChristian V: Scandinavian king https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-V Encyclopedia Britannica 18 November 2019 en Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt Events 16 April – Fort Frederiksborg is sold to the English. 19 May – Leonora Christina Ulfeldt is released after twenty-two years in confinement in Blåtårn.http://denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_historie/Danmark_1536-1849/Jammers_Minde Jammers Minde Den Store Danske, Gyldendal Leon Jespersen, Merete Harding December 1, 2018 September – a woman named Mette is put on trial for witchcraft in Ebeltoft, beginning the Rugård witch trials. 3 October – The County of Reventlow is established by Conrad von Reventlow from the manors of Sandbjerg and Ballegård as well as the farm Bøgskov. Undated The Brandenburg Colony is established on St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies. Encouraged by his queen, Christian V licensed the formation of a reformed congregation among German, Dutch and French immigrants. Births thumb|120px|Niels Sehested. 17 March Niels Sehested (died 1745) thumb|120px|Charlotte Amalie Skeel. 1 April – Charlotte Amalie Skeel, noblewoman (died 1729) 28 October – Hans Gram, historian (died 1748) Full date missing Povl Badstuber, coppersmith and industrialist (died 1762)http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/H%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk/Kobbersmed/Poul_Badstuberhtml Poul Badstuber Danish Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 20 August 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160822123855/http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/H%C3%A5ndv%C3%A6rk/Kobbersmed/Poul_Badstuberhtml 22 August 2016 dmy-all Deaths 11 January Jørgen Erik Skeel Jørgen Erik Skeel, prime minister of Denmark (born 1737) 29 January – Ove Ramel, landowner (born 1637) 20 February – Queen Sophie Amalie, Queen of Denmark (born 1628) 10 June – Peder Lauridsen Scavenius, jurist, civil servant, rector and landowner (born 1623) 23 August – Ludvig Rosenkrantz, nobleman (born 1628) Publications Peder Syv': Den Danske Sprog-Kunst ("The Danish Language-Art") Peder Hansen Resen: Petri Johannis Resenii Bibliotheca Regiæ Academiæ Hafniensi Donata Cui Præfixa Est Ejusdem Resenii Vita References 1685 Denmark Category:Years of the 17th century in Denmark