Events from the year 1686 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian V Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt, until his death on 7 July.
Events
Undated Store Bededag is introduced by the Church of Denmark, combining several Catholic holy days into a single holiday. Gabriel Milan is removed as Governor of the Danish West Indies and placed under arrest for treason.
Births
5 April – Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn, Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy (died 1740) 12 August – Bendix Grodtschilling the Youngest, painter and conchologist (died 1737)
Deaths 29 May – Ove Juul, nobleman and vice Governor-general of Norway (born 1615) 7 July – Frederik Ahlefeldt, statesman and Grand Chancellor (born 1623) 25 November – Nicolas Steno, 17th-century scientist and bishop (born 1638)
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