1687 in Denmark

Events from the year 1687 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V
• Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

Events

• March Adolph Esmit succeeds Christopher Heins as Governors of St. Thomas and St. John.
• 9 July The Copenhagen Royal Fire Brigade os founded.

Undated

• The KrudttÃ¥rnet gunpowder magazine is constructed in Frederikshavn.
• Hofmarschall Henrik Ulrik Lützow's town mansion is constructed on Stormgade in Copenhagen.
• Abraham Salomon becomes the first rabbi in Copenhagen. From 1766 until 1795, around 1,500 Jews worshipped in a small synagogue until it burned down.

Births

• 21 February Prince William of Denmark, prince (died 1705)
• 21 July Lars Benzon, judge and landowner (died 1741)
• 23 September Adam Christopher Knuth, 1st Count of Knuthenborg (died 1736)

Deaths

• 3 February Bernhard Keil, painter (born 1624)
• 17 March Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, princess (born 1629)

References