1685 in Denmark

Events from the year 1685 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian V
 * Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

Events

 * 16 April – Fort Frederiksborg is sold to the English.
 * 19 May – Leonora Christina Ulfeldt is released after twenty-two years in confinement in Blåtårn.
 * September – a woman named Mette is put on trial for witchcraft in Ebeltoft, beginning the Rugård witch trials.
 * 3 October – The County of Reventlow is established by Conrad von Reventlow from the manors of Sandbjerg and Ballegård as well as the farm Bøgskov.

Undated

 * The Brandenburg Colony is established on St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies.
 * Encouraged by his queen, Christian V licensed the formation of a reformed congregation among German, Dutch and French immigrants.

Births
Full date missing
 * 28 October – Hans Gram, historian (died 1748)
 * Povl Badstuber, coppersmith and industrialist (died 1762)

Deaths

 * 29 January – Ove Ramel, landowner (born 1637)
 * 20 February – Queen Sophie Amalie, Queen of Denmark (born 1628)
 * 10 June – Peder Lauridsen Scavenius, jurist, civil servant, rector and landowner (born 1623)
 * 23 August – Ludvig Rosenkrantz, nobleman (born 1628)

Publications

 * Peder Syv': Den Danske Sprog-Kunst ("The Danish Language-Art")
 * Peder Hansen Resen: Petri Johannis Resenii Bibliotheca Regiæ Academiæ Hafniensi Donata Cui Præfixa Est Ejusdem Resenii Vita