1612 in Denmark

List of events

  • 1611
  • 1610
  • 1609
1612
in
Denmark

  • 1613
  • 1614
  • 1615
Decades:
  • 1590s
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
  • 1620s
  • 1630s
See also:Other events of 1612
List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1612 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Events

  • 11 February – Danish forces attack the Swedish army at the Battle of Vittsjö, forcing the army to flee north from Scania.
  • 21 February – The Battle of Skillingehed takes place in Halland between the Swedish army and forces led by Christian IV. Christian Barnekow famously sacrifices his life to save King Christian IV's.[1]
  • 26 August – A Norwegian peasant militia is ambushed by Scottish mercenaries at the Battle of Kringen as part of the Kalmar War.

Undated

  • Johanne Thomes is accused of witchcraft as part of the Køge Huskors witch trials.

Births

Undated

  • Niels Aagaard, librarian and scholar (died 1657)

Deaths

Undated

References

  1. ^ Blangstrup, Christian, ed. (1915). Salmonsens Konversations Leksikon (in Danish). Vol. Bind II: Arbejderhaver–Benzol. Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz. p. 677 – via Projekt Runeberg.

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