Events from the year 1679 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Christian V Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
2 September – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends hostilities between Denmark-Norway and the Swedish Empire in the Scanian War. Denmark, pressured by France, restores all conquests made during the war to Sweden in turn for a "paltry indemnity". 26 September – The Peace of Lund end the Scanian War.
Births 14 May Peder Horrebow, astronomer (died 1764) 10 November Christian Carl Gabel, vice admiral, Chief Secretary of War and Director of the Dano-Norwegian Navy and Holmen Naval Base (died 1748) Full date unknown Jacob Fosie, painter (died 1763)
Deaths 29 June – Christopher Heerfordt, pharmacist and botanist (born 1609) 16 September – Søren Nielsen May, priest (born (year of birth unknown) 28 December Peder Winstrup, clergy (born 1605)
Full date unknown Christoffer Godskesen Lindenov, naval officer and landowner (born 1612)
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