1698 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1698 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V

Events

• 1 July – Den Københavnske Post-Rytter, a weekly newspaper, is published for the first time.

Full date missing

• Danmarksnagore becomes part of Danish India.
• Ny Hollænderby (now Frederiksberg) is destroyed by fire.
• Vodroffgård is established on the west side of St. Jørgen's Lake outside Copenhagen.

Births

• 24 August – Erik Pontoppidan, author, bishop, historian and antiquary (died 1764)
• 25 December – Jens Høysgaard, philologist (died 1773)

Deaths

• 16 March – Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, noblewoman and writer (born 1521)
• 6 October – Erik Tylleman, governors of the Danish Gold Coast (born unknown)
• 4 November – Rasmus Bartholin, scientist (born 1625)