1500s in Denmark

Events from the 1500s in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch — King John
 * Steward of the Realm — Poul Laxmand, until 1502

Events

 * 1500
 * 17 February – The Danish troops are defeated in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.


 * 1502
 * Tyge Krabbe succeeds Eskil Gøye as Marshal of the Realm

Births

 * August 12 1503 – Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway (died 1559)
 * 1503 – Hans Svaning, historian (died 1584)
 * 1503 – Peder Palladius, bishop (died 1560)
 * 1 August 1504 – Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (died 1547 in Germany)

Deaths

 * 1506
 * 20 April – Eskil Gøye, Marshal of the Realm and landowner