1490s in Denmark

Events from the 1490s in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch — King John
 * Steward of the Realm — Poul Laxmand

Events

 * 1492
 * Faxe Church is constructed on the foundation of an older church.


 * 1497
 * St. Clare's Priory is founded by King John I and Queen Christina with a gift of the former royal vegetable gardens in Copenhagen.

Births

 * 12 November 1492 – Johan Rantzau, general and statesman (died 1565)
 * 15 July 1497 – Francis of Denmark, son of John of Denmark (died 1511)

Undated
 * Jørgen Sadolin (c. 1490), Lutheran reformer (died 1559)
 * Peder Skram (c. 1497), naval admiral (died 1581)

Deaths
Undated
 * 10 November 1495 – Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen consort of Denmark (born c. 1430 in Brandenburg)


 * After 10 August 1492 — Evert Grubbe, Chancellor of the Realm