1698 in Denmark
Events from the year '''1698 in Denmark'''
Incumbents
Events
- 1 July – Den Københavnske Post-Rytter, a weekly newspaper, is published for the first time.
Full date missing
- Danmarksnagore becomes part of Danish India.
- Ny Hollænderby is destroyed by fire.
- Vodroffgård is established on the west side of St. Jørgen's Lake outside Copenhagen.
Births
- 24 August – Erik Pontoppidan, author, bishop, historian and antiquary
- 25 December – Jens Høysgaard, philologist
Deaths
- 16 March – Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, noblewoman and writer
- 6 October – Erik Tylleman, governors of the Danish Gold Coast
- 4 November – Rasmus Bartholin, scientist