Events from the year 1639 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Christian IV
Events
Undated The Rosborg witch trials begin and continue until 1642. The first of the two Golden Horns of Gallehus is found. The second one will be found close by in 1734.
Births
7 October Johann Gottfried Becker, pharmacist (died 1711) 23 August Claus Rasch, chief of police (died 1705)
Deaths
12 January – Reinhold Timm, painter 5 February – Augusta of Denmark, princess (born 1580) 9 April – Albret Skeel, nobleman (born 1572) 6 August – Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, architect (born 1587) 28 August – Joachim Burser, botanist, physician and pharmacist (born 1583 in Germany) 1 October – Christen Friis, nobleman (born 1581)
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