Events from the 1500s in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch — King John Steward of the Realm — Poul Laxmand, until 1502
Events 1500 17 February The Danish troops are defeated in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
1502 Tyge Krabbe succeeds Eskil Gøye as Marshal of the Realm
Births
August 12 1503 – Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway (died 1559) 1503 – Hans Svaning, historian (died 1584) 1503 – Peder Palladius, bishop (died 1560) 1 August 1504 – Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (died 1547 in Germany)
Deaths 1506 20 April Eskil Gøye, Marshal of the Realm and landowner
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