1637 in Denmark

Events from the year 1637 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IV

Events

• February A contract was signed with a Henrik van Dingklage in Emden for the supply of bricks for the construction of RundetÃ¥rn in Copenhagen. The first three shiploads are to be delivered in May, the next three loads the following month and the remainder on demand.

Undated

• Corfitz Ulfeldt is appointed as Governor of Copenhagen.

Births

Full date missing

• Dieterich Buxtehude, composer (died 1707)
• Ove Ramel, landowner (died 1685)

Deaths

• 12 March Anders Arrebo, bishop (born 1587)
• 18 March Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, daughter of Christian IV (born 1629)
• 9 October Anna Svane, merchant (born c. 1573)

Publications

• Christen Sørensen Longomontanus: Coronis Problematica ex Mysteriis trium Numerorum

References