1639 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IV[1]
Events
Undated
- The Rosborg witch trials begin and continue until 1642.
- The first of the two Golden Horns of Gallehus is found. The second one will be found close by in 1734.
Births
- 7 October â Johann Gottfried Becker, pharmacist (died 1711)
- 23 August â Claus Rasch, chief of police (died 1705)
Deaths
- 12 January â Reinhold Timm, painter[2][3]
- 5 February â Augusta of Denmark, princess (born 1580)
- 9 April â Albret Skeel, nobleman (born 1572)
- 6 August â Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, architect (born 1587)
- 28 August â Joachim Burser, botanist, physician and pharmacist (born 1583 in Germany)
- 1 October â Christen Friis, nobleman (born 1581)