Events from the year 1688 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian V
Events 3 August – the Royal Pawn is created by royal ordinance.
Births 31 October – Jacob Benzon, nobleman and Governor-general of Norway (died 1775)
Gull date missing Ismael Mengs, painter (died 1874 in Dresden)
Deaths 1 June Peder Hansen Resen, historian (born 1625) Nicolai Esmit, Governor of the Danish West Indies 4 August – Sophie Amalie Lindenov, noblewoman and landowner (born 1649) References