1560s in Denmark

none Events from the 1560s in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IIFrederick II: king of Denmark and Norway https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-II-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway Encyclopedia Britannica 19 November 2019 en Steward of the Realm – Peder Oxe (from 1567) Events 1561 – Æbelholt Abbey is demolished by royal order and much of its stone is used to construct Frederiksborg Castle. 1565 – Herlufsholm School is established in Copenhagen. Northern Seven Years' War The Northern Seven Years' War broke out in 1563 between the Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck, and Poland–Lithuania. The conflict was resolved in 1570 with the Treaty of Stettin. 30 May 1563 – Battle of Bornholm 11 September 1563 – Battle of Öland 9 November 1563 – Battle of Mared 30–31 May 1564 – First battle of Öland 12 July 1564 – Action of 12 July 1564 14 August 1564 – Action of 14 August 1564 4 September 1564 – The Ronneby Bloodbath take place in Ronneby. 21 May 1565 – Battle of Rügen 4 June 1565 – Action of 4 June 1565 7 July 1565 – Action of 7 July 1565 20 October 1565 – Battle of Axtorna 26 July 1566 – Action of 26 July 1566 9 August 1566 – Battle of Brobacka 18 and 22 November 1568 – the Treaties of Roskilde were negotiated, but ultimately not ratified. November 1569 – Siege of Varberg Births 1561 6 January – Thomas Fincke, mathematician and physicist (died 1656) 1562 3 March – Gellio Sasceride, astronomer and physician (died 1610) 4 October – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, astronomer (died 1647) 1566 18 November – Sivert Beck, landowner and treasurer (died 1623) 1567 June 25 – Jacob Ulfeldt, diplomat, explorer, and chancellor (died 1630) Full date unknown c. 1569 Pieter Isaacsz, painter (died 1625) Deaths 1560 3 January – Peder Palladius, bishop (born 1503) 1561 11 November – Hans Tausen, Lutheran theologian (born 1494) 1565 21 June – Jørgen Thygesen Brahe, nobleman (born 1515) 25 June – Herluf Trolle, admiral (born 1516) 11 October – Otte Rud, admiral during the Northern Seven Years' War, died in Swedish captivity (born 1520) 12 December – Johan Rantzau, general and statesman (born 1492) 1569 29 June – Otte Krumpen, Marshal (born 1480) 9 October – Mogens Gyldenstierne (born 1480s) References Category:1560s in Denmark Denmark Category:16th century in Denmark