1660 in Denmark

Events from the year 1660 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick III
• Steward of the Realm: Joachim Gersdorff (until October, office disbanded)

Events

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Paying Homage to the Hereditary King in Front of Copenhagen Castle, 18 October 1660
Wolfgang Heimbach, (1666)

• The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed, marking the conclusion of the Second Northern War.
• May 31 – The Swedish troops depart from their camps outside Copenhagen.
• July 11 – The city gates of Copenhagen re-opens and trade returns to normal.
• September 10 – The estates gather at Copenhagen Castle to solve the financial problems faced after the wars and Frederick plays the different estates against each other.
• October 10 – 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.
• October 13 – Bishop Hans Svane publicly offers the Heraldry Kingdom to the annulment of the Haandfæstning, and the institution of absolute monarchy is instituted by decree.
• October 14 – 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.
• October 17 – Extensive celebrations pay homage to the new Heraldry King.
• November 4 The Chancellery and the "Geheime-statsrådet" are established.

Deaths

• December 19 - Ove Gjedde, admiral (born 1594)