1684 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1684 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V^[1]
• Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

Events

• 7 May – Christian V issues an order that deposes Adolph Esmit and names Gabriel Milan as Governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies.
• 6 November – The Engineer Regiment is founded.

Undated

• Royal Artillery Corps is founded in Copenhagen.
• Gustav Wilhelm von Wedel (1641–1717) is promoted to general in Norway.

Births

• 23 January – Christian Rantzau, Governor-general of Norway (died 1771)
• 26 July – Peder Benzon, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died 1735)^[2]
• 30 November – Andreas Møller, portrait painter (died 1762)

Deaths

• 9 February – Otto Pogwisch, government official (born c. 1610)
• 18 April – Nikolaj Nissen, judge and landowner (born 1627)^[3]
• 31 December – Hans Rostgaard, administrator (born 1625)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian V: Scandinavian king. Encyclopedia Britannica. 18 November 2019. en.
2. Web site: Lars Benzon. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. Th. Topsøe-Jensen. April 1, 2019. da.
3. (von) Nissen and (von) Nissen-Benzon, Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1927 II, 73; 1929, 312; 1944, 112; 1953, 44
4. Web site: Hans Rostgaard. da. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 23 August 2017.