Events from the year 1677 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian V Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
May 31 May–1 June – the naval Battle of Møn results in Danish-Norwegian victory.
June 11 June–5 July – Swedish forces hold off the Danish during the Siege of Malmö.
July 1–2 July – the Battle of Køge Bay results in a decisive Danish victory which helps to establish Niels Juel's reputation. 6–23 July – Danish-Norwegian forces siege the harbor town of Marstrand in the Battle of Marstrand. 14 July – the Battle of Landskrona results in Swedish victory.
August 28 August – the Battle of Uddevalla results in Danish-Norwegian victory.
December 31 December – Christian V establishes the County of Samsø for mistress Sophie Amalie Moth from the manors of Brattingsborg and Bisgård.
Undated Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve's mansion which will later become known as Charlottenborg Palace is completed as the first building at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The first Copenhagen Stocks House, a military prison, is completed at a site just south of the Nyboder barracks. The Abrahamstrup estate in Hornsherred becomes known as Jægerspris Castle. Thomas Hansen Kingo is appointed Bishop of Funen. Peder Hansen Resen publishes a fragment of his otherwise unpublished Atlas Danicus.
Births
8 August – Princess Sophia Hedwig, Danish princess (d. 1735) 4 October Ulrich Kaas, naval officer (died 1746)
Deaths 26 February – Steen Ottesen Brahe, military officer and landowner (b. 1623) 24 May – Anders Bording, poet and journalist (b. 1619) 9 August – Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov, Countess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1623)
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