1676 in Denmark

none February 2022 1676 Events from the year 1676 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 thumb|200px|Griffenfeld at the moment when he is pardoned on the scaffold on 5 June, Contemporary illustration thumb|200px|Danish invasion of Scania on 29 June. Painting by Claus Møinichen 11 March – Peder Griffenfeld is arrested at Copenhagen Castle and brought to Kastellet where he is imprisoned.http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1676.html 1676 da Selskabet for Københavns Historie 2011-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225232951/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1676.html 2012-02-25 dead 8 May – Dutchman Cornelis Tromp becomes Admiral-General in the Royal Danish Navy and knight in the Order of the Elephant. May 25–26 – The Battle of Bornholm results in a minor strategic victory to a Danish-Dutch fleet led by Niels Juel against a Swedish fleet. 26 May – The show trial against Griffenfeld ends with his conviction of all charges against him for simony, bribery, oath-breaking, malversation and lèse-majestéand and treason. He is sentenced to loss of honour, life and estate. 1 June – The naval Battle of Öland results in a decisive Danish-Dutch victory against a Swedish fleet and Danish naval supremacy that was upheld throughout the war. 6 June – Griffenfeld is pardoned on the scaffold, at the very moment when the axe was about to descend, and his sentence is commuted to lifelong imprisonment. 23 June The County of Schackenborg is established by Otto Didrik Schack, 1st Count of Schackenborg from the manors of Schackenborg, Sødamgård, Solvig and Store Tønde. 29 June – A Danish fleet transports 14,500 soldiers across the Sound, landing them just south of Helsingborg, and Scania becomes the main battle ground for the remainder of the war. Undated Rømer's determination of the speed of light: Danish physicist Ole Rømer makes the first ever quantitative measurements of the speed of light in Paris. Dutch Golden Age painter Jacob Koninck moves to Denmark. Births 4 March – Hans Schack, 2nd Count of Schackenborg (died 1719) Full date unknown Christian Thomsen Carl, naval officer (died 1713) Deaths 1 January – Abel Cathrine, courtier and favorite of the queen of Denmark (born c. 1626) 27 February – Hans Schack, noble and commander-in-chief of the Danish army (born 1608) 5 March – Abel Schrøder, woodcarver (born c. 1602) References 1676 Denmark Category:Years of the 17th century in Denmark Denmark Category:1670s in Denmark