1490s in Denmark
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Events from the 1490s in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch â King John[1]
- Steward of the Realm â Poul Laxmand
Events
- 1492
- Faxe Church is constructed on the foundation of an older church.
- 1497
- St. Clare's Priory is founded by King John I and Queen Christina with a gift of the former royal vegetable gardens in Copenhagen.
Births
- 12 November 1492 â Johan Rantzau, general and statesman (died 1565)
- 15 July 1497 â Francis of Denmark, son of John of Denmark (died 1511)
Undated
- Jørgen Sadolin (c. 1490), Lutheran reformer (died 1559)
- Peder Skram (c. 1497), naval admiral (died 1581)
Deaths
- 10 November 1495 â Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen consort of Denmark (born c. 1430 in Brandenburg)
Undated
- After 10 August 1492 â Evert Grubbe, Chancellor of the Realm