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1616
Events from the year 1616 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Christian IVChristian IV: Scandinavian king https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IV Encyclopedia Britannica 19 November 2019 en
Events
thumb|Pulpit of Otterup Church
17 March – Danish East India Company receives a monopoly on trade on Danish India.
29 November – The first fleet of the Danish East India Company departs from Copenhagen under the command of Ove Gjedde.
2 December The Order of the Armed Arm is bestowed for the first and only time, at the great celebrations that took place in Kolding, on the occasion of the enfeoffment of Slesvig to the King's nephew,
Undated
Johan Friis and Karen Krabbe presents a new pulpit to Otterup Church.
Births
27 or 28 January – Christen Aagaard, poet (died 1664)
20 October – Thomas Bartholin, physician, mathematician, and theologian (died 1680)
Deaths
thumb|120px|Anders Sørensen Vedel.
13 February – Anders Sørensen Vedel, priest and historiographer (born 1542)
Undated
Jørgen Friis, Governor-general of Norway
References
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