1688 in Denmark

Events from the year 1688 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V

Events

• 3 August – the Royal Pawn is created by royal ordinance.

Births

• 31 October – Jacob Benzon, nobleman and Governor-general of Norway (died 1775)

Gull date missing

• Ismael Mengs, painter (died 1874 in Dresden)

Deaths

• 1 June
• Peder Hansen Resen, historian (born 1625)
• Nicolai Esmit, Governor of the Danish West Indies
• 4 August – Sophie Amalie Lindenov, noblewoman and landowner (born 1649)

References