1687 in Denmark

Events from the year 1687 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian V
 * Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

Events

 * March – Adolph Esmit succeeds Christopher Heins as Governors of St. Thomas and St. John.
 * 9 July – The Copenhagen Royal Fire Brigade os founded.

Undated

 * The Krudttårnet gunpowder magazine is constructed in Frederikshavn.
 * Hofmarschall Henrik Ulrik Lützow's town mansion is constructed on Stormgade in Copenhagen.
 * Abraham Salomon becomes the first rabbi in Copenhagen. From 1766 until 1795, around 1,500 Jews worshipped in a small synagogue until it burned down.

Births

 * 21 February – Prince William of Denmark, prince (died 1705)
 * 21 July – Lars Benzon, judge and landowner (died 1741)
 * 23 September – Adam Christopher Knuth, 1st Count of Knuthenborg (died 1736)

Deaths

 * 3 February – Bernhard Keil, painter (born 1624)
 * 17 March Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, princess (born 1629)