1660 in Denmark

Events from the year 1660 in Denmark.

← 1659 1658 1657 1660 in Denmark → 1661 1662 1663
Decades:	1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s
See also:	Other events of 1660 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick III^[1]
• Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff (until October, office disbanded)

Events

Danish and Swedish peace negotiators, 1660.

Paying Homage to the Hereditary King in Front of Copenhagen Castle, 18 October 1660
Wolfgang Heimbach, (1666)

• 27 May – The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed, marking the conclusion of the Second Northern War.
• 31 May – The Swedish troops depart from their camps outside Copenhagen.^[2]
• 11 July – The city gates of Copenhagen re-opens and trade returns to normal.^[2]
• 10 September – The estates gather at Copenhagen Castle to solve the financial problems faced after the wars and Frederick plays the different estates against each other.^[3]
• 10 October – The 1660 Danish state of emergency is declared by the king with the purpose of putting pressure on the nobility, a move which proves successful.^[3]
• 13 October – Bishop Hans Svane publicly offers the Heraldry Kingdom to the annulment of the Håndfæstning, and the institution of absolute monarchy is instituted by decree.
• 14 October – A Constituent Commission set up by the king meets for the first time to embark on the task of drawing up a new constitution but unable to agree it simply decides to cancel the existing Håndfæstning and leave it to the king to write the new constitution.^[3]
• 17 October – Extensive celebrations pay homage to the new Heraldry King.^[2]
• 4 November – The Chancellery and the "Geheime-statsrådet" are established.^[3]

Births

Deaths

• 5 June – Anne Holck, noblewoman (born 1602)
• 19 December – Ove Gjedde, admiral (born 1594)