1664 in Denmark

Events from the year 1664 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Frederick III

Events

• 22 April - The fortified town Frederiksodde is renamed Fredericia.

Undated

• Kommercekollegiet is established but later dissolved in the late 1680s before being reestablished in 1704.
• Adriaen Foly, painter /died 1701)

Culture

Architecture

• Schackenborg Castle is constructed.
• Tødovre Church s constructed.

Births

• 3 February - Jens Bircherod, bishop (died 1720)
• 12 August Christian Vind, government official /died 1712)
• 24 August Christen Thomesen Sehested, admiral (died 1736)
• 14 October , naval officer (died 1715)

Full date unknown

Deaths

• 5 February Christen Aagaard, poet (born 1616)
• 19 October Ove Skade, fiefholder, Supreme Court justice (born 1609)
• 18 October Caspar Herbach, court goldsmith, court cabinetmaker, alchemist (born 1600 in Saxony)

Full date unknown

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