1500s in Denmark

Events from the 1500s in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch — King John
• Steward of the Realm — Poul Laxmand, until 1502

Events

1500

• 17 February The Danish troops are defeated in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.

1502

• Tyge Krabbe succeeds Eskil Gøye as Marshal of the Realm

Births

• August 12 1503 – Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway (died 1559)
• 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)

Deaths

1506

• 20 April Eskil Gøye, Marshal of the Realm and landowner

References