Events from the year 1612 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IV
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
- 11 November – August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, (died 1675 in the Holy Roman Empire)
Undated
- Niels Aagaard, librarian and scholar (died 1657)
Deaths
- 8 April – Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (Born 1575 in the Holy Roman Empire)
Undated
- Godske Lindenov, arctic explorer
- Jørgen Dybvad, theologian and mathematician
References
- ^ 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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