1639 in Denmark

Events from the year 1639 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IV

Events

Undated

• The Rosborg witch trials begin and continue until 1642.
• The first of the two Golden Horns of Gallehus is found. The second one will be found close by in 1734.

Births

• 7 October Johann Gottfried Becker, pharmacist (died 1711)
• 23 August Claus Rasch, chief of police (died 1705)

Deaths

• 12 January – Reinhold Timm, painter
• 5 February – Augusta of Denmark, princess (born 1580)
• 9 April – Albret Skeel, nobleman (born 1572)
• 6 August – Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, architect (born 1587)
• 28 August – Joachim Burser, botanist, physician and pharmacist (born 1583 in Germany)
• 1 October – Christen Friis, nobleman (born 1581)

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