1560s in Denmark

Events from the 1560s in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick II
• Steward of the Realm – Peder Oxe (from 1567)

Events

• 1561 – Æbelholt Abbey is demolished by royal order and much of its stone is used to construct Frederiksborg Castle.
• 1565 – Herlufsholm School is established in Copenhagen.

Northern Seven Years' War

The Northern Seven Years' War broke out in 1563 between the Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck, and Poland–Lithuania. The conflict was resolved in 1570 with the Treaty of Stettin.

• 30 May 1563 – Battle of Bornholm
• 11 September 1563 – Battle of Öland
• 9 November 1563 – Battle of Mared
• 30–31 May 1564 – First battle of Öland
• 12 July 1564 – Action of 12 July 1564
• 14 August 1564 – Action of 14 August 1564
• 4 September 1564 – The Ronneby Bloodbath take place in Ronneby.
• 21 May 1565 – Battle of Rügen
• 4 June 1565 – Action of 4 June 1565
• 7 July 1565 – Action of 7 July 1565
• 20 October 1565 – Battle of Axtorna
• 26 July 1566 – Action of 26 July 1566
• 9 August 1566 – Battle of Brobacka
• 18 and 22 November 1568 – the Treaties of Roskilde were negotiated, but ultimately not ratified.
• November 1569 – Siege of Varberg

Births

1561

• 6 January – Thomas Fincke, mathematician and physicist (died 1656)

1562

• 3 March – Gellio Sasceride, astronomer and physician (died 1610)
• 4 October – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, astronomer (died 1647)

1566

• 18 November – Sivert Beck, landowner and treasurer (died 1623)

1567

• June 25 – Jacob Ulfeldt, diplomat, explorer, and chancellor (died 1630)

Full date unknown

• c. 1569 Pieter Isaacsz, painter (died 1625)

Deaths

1560

• 3 January – Peder Palladius, bishop (born 1503)

1561

• 11 November – Hans Tausen, Lutheran theologian (born 1494)

1565

• 21 June – Jørgen Thygesen Brahe, nobleman (born 1515)
• 25 June – Herluf Trolle, admiral (born 1516)
• 11 October – Otte Rud, admiral during the Northern Seven Years' War, died in Swedish captivity (born 1520)
• 12 December – Johan Rantzau, general and statesman (born 1492)

1569

• 29 June – Otte Krumpen, Marshal (born 1480)
• 9 October – Mogens Gyldenstierne (born 1480s)