1636 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1636 in Denmark .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IV ^[1]

Events

• 24 November – The first stones for the foundation are brought to the Rundetårn construction site on Købmagergade in Copenhagen, first from the city's ramparts and later from the area around Roskilde. ^[2]

Undated

• The earliest documented Danish immigrants to the new world, Jan Jansen and his wife Engeltje, along with their children, arrive in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. ^[3]

• Ole Worm succeeds Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand as Rector of the University of Copenhagen.

Births

Full date missing

• Otto Grote zu Schauen, statesman (died 1693)

Publications

• Ole Worm: Runir seu Danica literatura antiquissima ("Runes: the oldest Danish literature")
• Christen Sørensen Longomontanus: Disputatio de Matheseos Indole

References

1. "Christian IV: Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
2. "Trinitatis Kirke og Rundetaarn" (in Danish). kloakviden.dk. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
3. Evjen, John Oluf (1916). Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674. Minneapolis: K. C. Holter – via Internet Archive.