1687 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian V[1]
- Grand Chancellor â Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
- March â Adolph Esmit succeeds Christopher Heins as Governors of St. Thomas and St. John.
- 9 July â The Copenhagen Royal Fire Brigade os founded.
Undated
- The Krudttårnet gunpowder magazine is constructed in Frederikshavn.[2][3]
- Hofmarschall Henrik Ulrik Lützow's town mansion is constructed on Stormgade in Copenhagen.[4]
- Abraham Salomon becomes the first rabbi in Copenhagen.[5] From 1766 until 1795, around 1,500 Jews worshipped in a small synagogue until it burned down.
Births
- 21 February â Prince William of Denmark, prince (died 1705)
- 21 July â Lars Benzon, judge and landowner (died 1741)
- 23 September â Adam Christopher Knuth, 1st Count of Knuthenborg (died 1736)
Deaths
- 3 February â Bernhard Keil, painter (born 1624)
- 17 March Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, princess (born 1629)