Events from the year 1672 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
edit- Monarch - Christian V[1]
Events
edit- 2 February – The Barony of Brahetrolleborg is established by Birgitte Trolle from the manors of af Brahetrolleborg, Sølyst, Egneborg, Høbbet and Brændegård.
- 27 March – The Barony of Holckenhavn is by Eiler Holck from the manors of Kogsbølle, Ellensborg and Nygård.
- 6 April – The County of Frijsenborg is established by Mogens Friis from the manors of Frijsenborg, Jernit, Søbygård, Østergård, Favrskov, Lyngballe, Fuglsang, Frijsendal, Boller, Christiansminde, Thyrasminde and Møgelkær.
- 26 May – Jørgen Iversen Dyppel becomes the first governor of the renewed establishment of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies.[2]
- 20 June – The County of Langeland is established by Frederik Ahlefeldt from the manor of Tranekær as well as the farms Korsebølle, Pæregård, Blegholm, Nygård, Bjerrebygård, Nordenbrogård, Knepholm, Tryggelevgård and Søgård and the island Birkholm.
- 11 November – The County of Wedellsborg is established by Wilhelm Friedrich Wedell from the manors of Wedellsborg, Tybrind, Sparretorn, Billeskov and Minendal.
Undated
edit- High royal councillor Burchard Ahlefeldt received in 1672 letters patent as Danish Count Ahlefeldt.
Births
edit- 10 June – Christen Worm, theologian (died 1737)[3]
- 30 October – Christine Sophie Holstein, salonist (d. 1757)[4]
Undated
- Dorte Jensdatter, witch trial victim (died 1722)
References
edit- ^ "Christian V | Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ Christensen, Rasmus (8 August 2021). "'Against the Law of God, of nature and the secular world': conceptions of sovereignty in early colonial St. Thomas, 1672-1680". Scandinavian Journal of History. 46 (4): 476–492. doi:10.1080/03468755.2021.1896575. ISSN 0346-8755.
- ^ "Christen Worm". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Christine Sophie Holstein | lex.dk". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 4 April 2023.