1679 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1679 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1679 in Denmark .

Incumbents

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

Events

Copenhagen Castle in 1679.

• 2 September – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends hostilities between Denmark-Norway and the Swedish Empire in the Scanian War. Denmark, pressured by France, restores all conquests made during the war to Sweden in turn for a "paltry indemnity".
• 26 September – The Peace of Lund end the Scanian War.

Births

• 10 November – Christian Carl Gabel, vice admiral, Chief Secretary of War and Director of the Dano-Norwegian Navy and Holmen Naval Base (died 1748)

Full date unknown

• Jacob Fosie, painter (died 1763)

Deaths

• 29 June – Christopher Heerfordt, pharmacist and botanist (born 1609)
• 16 September – Søren Nielsen May, priest (born (year of birth unknown)

Full date unknown

• Christoffer Godskesen Lindenov, naval officer and landowner (born 1612)

References

1. "Christian V | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.