1681 in Denmark

none February 2022 1681 Events from the year 1681 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 April –The pastor Jacob Worm who is a prisoner at Copenhagen Fortress, is sentenced to death for his satirical poems directed at the king, Thomas Kingo (his father-in-law) and others, but is pardoned and instead send to Tranquebar in exile.http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1681.html 1681 da Selskabet for Københavns Historie 2012-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204937/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1681.html 2016-03-03 dead 16 April – A royal decree orders the execution of a new cadastral survey. Christian V's Cadastre is completed in 1688. 25 June – A royal decree provides for the first street lighting in Copenhagen. 500 street lights using whale oil are installed but are not to be lit on light summer nights or when the moon is out. 29 June – King Christian V travels from Copenhagen to Kolding in just one day, leaving at 03:00 and arriving Kolding at 22:00.http://www.thm.dk/publ/ksn/ksn1_html.htm Christian V. Konge og sportsmand da thm.d 2012-11-01 2012-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20120204210915/http://www.thm.dk/publ/ksn/ksn1_html.htm dead Undated thumb|200px|Nyhavn 9–15, Copenhagen probably by Christen Christensen (1681) Ole Rømer returns to Denmark from Paris and is appointed as a professor at University of Copenhagen. Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin is the English ambassador to Denmark.http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/robartes-hon-robert-1634-82 History of Parliament Online - Robartes, Robert 2 November 2012 8 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121108131147/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/robartes-hon-robert-1634-82 dead An attempt to construct a dry dock in Copenhagen fails as it continues to take on water. A new dry dock is not completed until 1739 at Christianshavn.http://indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade%2027b.html Gammel Dok indenforvoldene.dk 2010-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070551/http://indenforvoldene.dk/strandgade%2027b.html 2016-03-04 dead The oldest house at Nyhavn in Copenhagen is built. Frederiksholm Canal is dug out and Storm Bridge is built in Copenhagen. The Barony of Høegholm is established by Christian V from Fævejle and Lykkesholm as well as other land in the area. Births thumb|120px|Hans Himmerich. 16 August Caspar Martin Schøller, county governor (died 1756) 5 August – Vitus Bering, explorer (died 1741 in Imperial Russia) 19 December Hans Himmerich, chief of police (died 1735) Undated Niels Dorph, bishop (died 1758) Deaths thumb|120px|Anne Gøye. 3 January – Cornelius Pedersen Lerche, nobleman (born 1615) 9 January – Anne Gøye, noblewoman and book collector (born 1609) 13 May Markor Rodsteen, admiral (born 1625) References See also 1681 Denmark Category:Years of the 17th century in Denmark