1671 in Denmark

Events from the year 1671 in Denmark.

← 1670 1669 1668 1671 in Denmark → 1672 1673 1674
Decades:	1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s
See also:	Other events of 1671 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V^[1]

Events

The anointing of Christian V at Frederiksborg Castle

Crown of Christian V

• March – Charles Bertie (senior) is named British envoy-extraordinary to Denmark.
• 20 September – Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine is married to Charles, the heir of the Electorate of the Palatinate at Sophie Amalienborg in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Paul Kurtz completes the Crown of Christian V.
• Anointing of Christian V at Frederiksborg Castle.
• The Order of the Dannebrog is instituted, comprising only a single class of 50 noble knights, plus the Master of the Order, i.e. the Danish monarch, and his sons.
• Lambert van Haven is appointed General Building Master, as the first to hold this post, with overall responsibility for executing the king's architectural wishes.^[2]
• Abraham Wuchters is appointed Painter to the Danish Court.
• The titles Landgrave and Land Baron are introduced as the highest noble ranks in Denmark with the creation of counties and baronies.
• The "King's New Square", Kongens Nytorv, is established in Copenhagen with inspiration from the Paris.
• The military Garnisons Cemetery is inaugurated outside Copenhagen's Eastern City Gate.
• Danish West India Company is founded and will settle on St. Thomas the following year, founding the Danish West Indies.

Births

• 5 February – Bartholomæus Deichman bishop (d. 1731).^[3]
• 17 March – Joachim Melchior von Holten, colonial administrator (died 1708)
• 21 June – Christian Detlev Reventlow, diplomat and military leader (1738)
• 21 July – Hendrick Krock, painter to the Danish Court (d. 1738)
• 8 October – Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Schleswig (d. 1702)
• 11 October – Frederick IV, king of Denmark (d. 1730)^[4]

Full date unknown

• Benoît Le Coffre, painter to the Danish Court (d. 1722)
• Morgan Bryan, grandfather of Rebecca Boone (d. 1763)

Deaths

• 15 March – Axel Urup, military engineer and commander (b. 1601)

References

1. "Christian V | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
2. Barok from DAC.dk. Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine In Danish. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
3. Supphellen, Steinar. "Bartholomæus Deichman". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
4. "Frederick IV | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.