1608 in Denmark

Events from the year 1608 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IV

Events

Undated

• Rumors and accusations about sorcery began to spread in the town of Køge, starting what will eventually turn into the Køge Huskors witch trial.
• The privy Council and representatives of the Estates support the King in naming Prince Christian heir apparent.
• A corner bastionsome ten years later adapted into what is now known as Christian IV's Brewhouseis constructed on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen.
• The Caritas Well is constructed on Gammeltorv in Copenhagen.
• Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød is expanded with a new east wing (The Princess's Wing).

Births

• 7 May Peder Pedersen, merchant and burgermaster (died 1669)
• 28 October Hans Schack, military officer (died 1676)

Full date missing

• Matthias Hermansen Kalthoff, gunsmith (died 1681)

Deaths

• 30 January Jon Jakobsen Venusinus, theologian, naturalist and historian (born c. 1558)

References