1696 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1696 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V^[1]

Events

• 19 April – Church of Our Saviour on Christianshavn in Copenhagen is inaugurated.^[2]

Full date missing

• The Thisted witch trial, referred to as the last witch trials in Denmark, begins in Thisted.

Births

• 22 June – Joost van Hemert, merchant and ship-owner (died 1775)

Deaths

• 28 June – Eiler Holck, baron and military officer (born 1627)

Undated

• Peder Lauridsen Kylling, botanist (born 1640)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian V: Scandinavian king. Encyclopedia Britannica. 18 November 2019. en.
2. Web site: 1696. da. Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 24 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180124195522/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1600/1696.html. 24 January 2018. dead.