Events from the year 1605 in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

Incumbents

* Monarch –

Christian IV Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years and 330 days is the longest in Scandinavian history. A member of the H ...

Events

* 31 March Isaac Pieterszoon van Amsterdam is appointed 'commissioner of the Sound', to ensure that Dutch trade ships would return to the Netherlands.

Undated

* Christian IV's 1st Greenland Expedition, consisting of the ships '' Trist'' '' Den Røde Løve'' and '' Katten'', commanded by John Cunningham, is sent to Greenland to reestablish contact with the lost Norse settlements and then to exploit the silver and gold ore supposedly returned by the first expedition.

Births

* 6 April

Simon Paulli Simon Paulli (6 April 1603 – 25 April 1680), was a Danes, Danish physician and Natural history, naturalist. He was a professor of anatomy, surgery and botany at the University of Copenhagen. The genus ''Paullinia'' is named after him.1680 Events January–March * January 2 – King Amangkurat II of Mataram (located on the island of Java, part of modern-day Indonesia), invites Trunajaya, who had led a failed rebellion against him until his surrender on Decem ...

) * 10 April Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, prince of Denmark (died

1647 Events January–March * January 2 – Chinese bandit leader Zhang Xianzhong, who has ruled the Sichuan province since 1644, is killed at Xichong County, Xichong by a Qing archer, after having been betrayed by one of his officer ...

) * 30 April Peder Winstrup, clergy (died 1679)

Deaths

* 18 October

Beate Clausdatter Bille Beate Clausdatter Bille (30 April 1526 – 18 October 1605) was a Danish Danish nobility, noblewoman and vassal who was born into the noble Bille (noble family), Bille family and married into the Brahe, Brahe family. As a member of the royal court ...

, noblewoman and Chief Lady-in-Waiting (born

1526 Year 1526 (Roman numerals, MDXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 14 – Treaty of Madrid (1526), Treaty of Madrid: Peace is declared between Francis I of France and ...

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References

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Years of the 17th century in Denmark