1578 in Denmark

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Events in the year 1578 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch: King Frederick II[1]

Births

Otte Steensen Brahe

Ulrik of Denmark

• 12 April – Otte Steensen Brahe, landowner and money lender (d. 1651).[2]

• 30 December – Ulrik of Denmark, Duke of Holstein and Schleswig (d. 1624).[3]

Full date missing

• Christoffer Dybvad, mathematician (d. 1622).[4]

Deaths

• 15 April – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Scottish nobleman, imprisoned in Denmark (born c. 1534).[5]

References

1. "Frederick II | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
2. Fridericia, Julius Albert (1888). "Brahe, Otte". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk leksikon (in Danish). II. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag. p. 598. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
3. Fridericia, Julius Albert (1904). "Ulrik, 1578–1624, Hertug". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk leksikon (in Danish). XVIII. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag. pp. 73–75. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
4. Rørdam, H.F. (1890). "Dybvad, Christoffer". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk leksikon (in Danish). IV. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag. pp. 370–373. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
5. "Jarlen af Bothwell". historie-online.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 August 2020.