1619 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1619 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Events

19 February: Ove Gjedde captures two French privateers at Cape Verde.
  • 19 February – Ove Gjedde captures two French privateers off Cape Verde.
  • 6 April – A royal decree states that everybody who builds a "good house" in Christianshavn will get a deed on the lots and several years of tax discounts.[2]
  • 9 May – King Christian IV sends out an expedition led by Jens Munk to find the North-West Passage.[2] On board is also Rasmus Jensen, the first Lutheran cleric in Canada. [3]
  • 5 September – Church of Holmen is inaugurated in the former naval anchor forge in Copenhagen.[2]

Undated

  • An outbreak of plague hits Copenhagen, killing 7,000 people in the period 1619-20.[2]
  • Reinhold Timm is engaged as drawing teacher at Aorø Academy.[4]

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

Full date unknown

References

  1. ^ "Christian IV: Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "1619" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  3. ^ What happened to the first Lutheran pastor in the New World? (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)"ELCA Family History Answer to 1619 question". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  4. ^ "Reinhold Timm". Gyldendal. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
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