1580s in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick II, Christian IV

  Events

• 1580
• * February 3 - A great fire destroys a large part of Ribe. 11 streets and 213 houses burn down.

  Births

• 1685
• * February 12 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, polymath
• * Lorenz van Steenwinckel, architect
• 1587
• * June 24 - Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, architect
• 1588
• * May 13 - Ole Worm, physician and antiquary

  Deaths

• 1588
• * April 4 - Frederick II, king of Denmark