Births
- August 12 1503 – Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway (died 1559) [2]
- 1503 – Hans Svaning, historian (died 1584)
- 1503 – Peder Palladius, bishop (died 1560)
- 1 August 1504 – Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (died 1547 in Germany)
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Events from the 1500s in Denmark.
Year 1559 (MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Frederick I was King of Denmark and Norway. He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over Denmark and Norway, when subsequent monarchs embraced Lutheranism after the Protestant Reformation. As king of Norway, Frederick is most remarkable in never having visited the country and was never crowned as such. Therefore, he was styled King of Denmark, the Vends and the Goths, elected King of Norway. Frederick's reign began the enduring tradition of calling kings of Denmark alternatively by the names Christian and Frederick, which has continued up to the reign of the current monarch, Margrethe II.
Mogens Gøye was a Danish statesman and Steward of the Realm, whose enormous wealth earned him the derogatory nickname "the King of Northern Jutland". Gøye was the Royal councillor of Danish Kings John I, the feuding Christian II and Frederick I, and Christian III. He was a key supporter of the Reformation in Denmark-Norway and Holstein. Often lauded by elder Danish historians as a knightly, social liberal upper-class idealist, Gøye is today viewed as a realist statesman understanding the need of a government and a moderate political attitude of the nobility.
Margravine Anna of Brandenburg was a German noblewoman.
The election of Christian III as king of Denmark on 4 July 1534 was a landmark event for all of Denmark and also Norway. It took place in St. Søren's Church in the town of Rye in eastern Jutland, where the Jutlandic nobility elected Prince Christian, son of King Frederick I and Duke of Schleswig and Holsten, as king. This brought about the Count's Feud and later also led to the implementation of the Protestant Reformation in Denmark and Norway.
Events from the year 1648 in Denmark.
Events from the 1580s in Denmark.
Events from the 1510s in Denmark.
Events from the 1520s in Denmark.
Events from the 1530s in Denmark.
Events from the 1540s in Denmark.
Events from the 1550s in Denmark.
Events from the 1560s in Denmark.
Events from the 1570s in Denmark.
Events from the 1480s in Denmark.
Events from the 1470s in Denmark.
Events from the 1450s in Denmark.
Events from the 1440s in Denmark.
Events from the year 1609 in Denmark.
Eskil Gøye was a Danish nobleman, statesman and landholder. He served as Marshal of the Realm from 1489 to 1502. He was the father of Mogens Gøye and Henrik Gøye.
