Events from the 1490s in Denmark.
Incumbents
* Monarch — King
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
*
Steward of the Realm —
Poul Laxmand
Events
;1492
*
Faxe Church
Faxe Church () is a Danish church located in the Diocese of Roskilde, in Faxe, Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand. It was built at the end of the 15th century on a site where there had originally been a Romanesque church. A number of fres ...
is constructed on the foundation of an older church.
;1497
*
St. Clare's Priory is founded by King
John I John I may refer to:
People
Religious figures
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John I of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope from 496 to 505
* Pope John I, P ...
and Queen
Christina with a gift of the former royal vegetable gardens in Copenhagen.
Births
* 12 November 1492 –
Johan Rantzau
Johan Rantzau (12 November 1492 – 12 December 1565) was a German- Danish field marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the hi ...
, general and statesman (died
1565
Year 1565 ( MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 3 – In the Tsardom of Russia, Ivan the Terrible originates the oprichnina (repression of the boyars (aristocrats) ...
)
* 15 July 1497 –
Francis of Denmark, son of
John of Denmark (died
1511
Year 1511 ( MDXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 19 – The Siege of Mirandola by the Papal States, with help from the Duchy of Urbino and Spanish and Venetian t ...
)
Undated
*
Jørgen Sadolin (c. 1490), Lutheran reformer (died
1559
Year 1559 ( MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 15 – Elizabeth I of England is crowned, in Westminster Abbey.
* February 27 – Queen Elizabeth I of England e ...
)
*
Peder Skram
Peder Skram (died 11 July 1581) was a Danish naval officer.
Biography
Skram was born between 1491 and 1503, on his father's estate at Urup, Denmark, Urup near Horsens in Jutland, Denmark.
He participated in military service during the Swedis ...
(c. 1497), naval admiral (died
1581
1581 ( MDLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 11 – ...
)
Deaths
* 10 November 1495 –
Dorothea of Brandenburg
Dorothea of Brandenburg (31 December 1430 – 10 November 1495) was Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under the Kalmar Union as the consort of first Christopher III of Denmark and later Christian I of Denmark. She served as interim regent du ...
, Queen consort of Denmark (born c. 1430 in
Brandenburg
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)
Undated
* After 10 August 1492 —
Evert Grubbe
Evert Grubbe (died after 10 August 1492) was a Danish nobleman who served as Chancellor of the Realm from 1473 to 1486.
Biography
Grubbe was the son of Peder Grubbe of Alslev and Anne Sivertsdatter Blaa (died 1492 or later.).He is first mentioned ...
, Chancellor of the Realm
References
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1490s in Denmark