1660_in_Denmark Knowpia

Decades:	1640s; 1650s; 1660s; 1670s; 1680s;
See also:	Other events of 1660; List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1660 in Denmark.

Incumbents edit

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]

^ "Frederick III | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1660". Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Enevældens indførelse 1660-1661" (in Danish). danmarkshistorie.dk. Retrieved 23 June 2011.