1660 in Denmark

none October 2025 February 2022 1660 Events from the year 1660 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Frederick IIIFrederick III king of Denmark and Norway https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-III-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway Encyclopedia Britannica 18 November 2019 en Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff (until October, office disbanded) Events thumb|Danish and Swedish peace negotiators, 1660. thumb|200px| Paying Homage to the Hereditary King in Front of Copenhagen Castle, 18 October 1660Wolfgang Heimbach, (1666) 27 May – The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed, marking the conclusion of the Second Northern War. 31 May – The Swedish troops depart from their camps outside Copenhagen.http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1660.html 1660 Selskabet for Københavns Historie 2011-06-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225232824/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1660.html 2012-02-25 dead 11 July – The city gates of Copenhagen re-opens and trade returns to normal. 10 September – The estates gather at Copenhagen Castle to solve the financial problems faced after the wars and Frederick plays the different estates against each other.http://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/enevaeldens-indfoerelse-1660-1661/ Enevældens indførelse 1660-1661 da danmarkshistorie.dk 2011-06-23 10 October – The 1660 Danish state of emergency is declared by the king with the purpose of putting pressure on the nobility, a move which proves successful. 13 October – Bishop Hans Svane publicly offers the Heraldry Kingdom to the annulment of the Håndfæstning, and the institution of absolute monarchy is instituted by decree. 14 October – A Constituent Commission set up by the king meets for the first time to embark on the task of drawing up a new constitution but unable to agree it simply decides to cancel the existing Håndfæstning and leave it to the king to write the new constitution. 17 October – Extensive celebrations pay homage to the new Heraldry King. 4 November – The Chancellery and the "Geheime-statsrådet" are established. Deaths 5 June – Anne Holck, noblewoman (born 1602) 19 December – Ove Gjedde, admiral (born 1594) References 1660 Denmark Category:Years of the 17th century in Denmark