1672 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1672 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian V^[1]

Events

• 2 February The Barony of Brahetrolleborg is established by Birgitte Trolle from the manors of af Brahetrolleborg, Sølyst, Egneborg, Høbbet and Brændegård.
• 27 March The Barony of Holckenhavn is by Eiler Holck from the manors of Kogsbølle, Ellensborg and Nygård.
• 6 April The County of Frijsenborg is established by Mogens Friis from the manors of Frijsenborg, Jernit, Søbygård, Østergård, Favrskov, Lyngballe, Fuglsang, Frijsendal, Boller, Christiansminde, Thyrasminde and Møgelkær.
• 26 May – Jørgen Iversen Dyppel becomes the first governor of the renewed establishment of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies.^[2]
• 20 June The County of Langeland is established by Frederik Ahlefeldt from the manor of Tranekær as well as the farms Korsebølle, Pæregård, Blegholm, Nygård, Bjerrebygård, Nordenbrogård, Knepholm, Tryggelevgård and Søgård and the island Birkholm.
• 11 November The County of Wedellsborg is established by Wilhelm Friedrich Wedell from the manors of Wedellsborg, Tybrind, Sparretorn, Billeskov and Minendal.

Undated

• High royal councillor Burchard Ahlefeldt received in 1672 letters patent as Danish Count Ahlefeldt.

Births

• 10 June Christen Worm, theologian (died 1737)^[3]
• 30 October – Christine Sophie Holstein, salonist (d. 1757)^[4]

Undated

• Dorte Jensdatter, witch trial victim (died 1722)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian V Scandinavian king . Encyclopedia Britannica . 18 November 2019 . en.
2. Christensen . Rasmus . 2021-08-08 . ‘Against the Law of God, of nature and the secular world’: conceptions of sovereignty in early colonial St. Thomas, 1672-1680 . Scandinavian Journal of History . 46 . 4 . 476–492 . 10.1080/03468755.2021.1896575 . 0346-8755.
3. Web site: Christen Worm . 2023-04-04 . gravsted.dk . Danish.
4. Web site: Christine Sophie Holstein lex.dk . 2023-04-04 . Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon . da.