Events from the year 1689 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian V
Events
April 19 April – Sophie Amalienborg burns down when a stage decoration catches fire during an opera performance in connection with the king's birthday a few days earlier. 170 people are killed, including many prominent citizens.
October October A Danish Auxiliary Corpsof 996 horse and 6,109 foot, under the command of Ferdinand Willem, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt, is sent to England to take part in the Williamite War in Ireland
November 10 November – Reformed Church in Copenhagen is consecrated.
Births January Peder Benzon Mylius, judge and writer (died 1745) 4 September Anna Sophie Schack, noblewoman and landlord (born 1760)
Deaths
18 January Ernest Gunther I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609) 26 March – Gabriel Milan, governor (born c. 1631) October – Christopher Heins, Governor-General of The Danish West Indies
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