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1605 in Denmark
Events from the year
1605 in
Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch âÂÂ
Christian IV
Events
31 March Isaac Pieterszoon van Amsterdam is appointed 'commissioner of the Sound', to ensure that Dutch trade ships would return to the Netherlands.
Undated
Christian IV's 1st Greenland Expedition
, consisting of the ships
Trist
Den Røde Løve
and
Katten
, commanded by
John Cunningham
, is sent to Greenland to reestablish contact with the
lost Norse settlements
and then to exploit the silver and gold ore supposedly returned by the first expedition.
Births
6 April
Simon Paulli
, physician and naturalist (died
1680
)
10 April
Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark
, prince of Denmark (died
1647
)
30 April
Peder Winstrup
, clergy (died
1679
)
29 November
Otto Skeel
, naval officer (died
1644
)
Deaths
18 October
Beate Clausdatter Bille
, noblewoman and Chief Lady-in-Waiting (born
1526
)
References