1696 in Denmark

Events from the year 1696 in Denmark

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian V

Events

 * 19 April – Church of Our Saviour on Christianshavn in Copenhagen is inaugurated.

Full date missing
 * The Thisted witch trial, referred to as the last witch trials in Denmark, begins in Thisted.

Births

 * 22 June – Joost van Hemert, merchant and ship-owner (died 1775)

Deaths

 * 28 June – Eiler Holck, baron and military officer (born 1627)

Undated
 * Peder Lauridsen Kylling, botanist (born 1640)