1679 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian V[1]
- Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
- 2 September – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends hostilities between Denmark-Norway and the Swedish Empire in the Scanian War. Denmark, pressured by France, restores all conquests made during the war to Sweden in turn for a "paltry indemnity".
- 26 September – The Peace of Lund end the Scanian War.
Births
- 14 May – Peder Horrebow, astronomer (died 1764)
- 10 November – Christian Carl Gabel, vice admiral, Chief Secretary of War and Director of the Dano-Norwegian Navy and Holmen Naval Base (died 1748)
Full date unknown
- Jacob Fosie, painter (died 1763)
Deaths
- 29 June – Christopher Heerfordt, pharmacist and botanist (born 1609)
- 16 September – Søren Nielsen May, priest (born (year of birth unknown)
- 28 December – Peder Winstrup, clergy (born 1605)
Full date unknown
- Christoffer Godskesen Lindenov, naval officer and landowner (born 1612)